diff --git a/ATpy.spec b/ATpy.spec
index f01f83f..59eae4a 100644
--- a/ATpy.spec
+++ b/ATpy.spec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%if 0%{?fedora} > 12 || 0%{?rhel} > 6
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 12
 %global with_python3 1
 %else
 %{!?python_sitelib: %global python_sitelib %(%{__python} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print (get_python_lib())")}
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Name: ATpy
 Version: 0.9.6
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 3%{?dist}
 Summary: Astronomical Tables in Python
 License: MIT
 
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ popd
 %endif # with_python3
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Aug  3 2012 David Malcolm <dmalcolm@redhat.com> - 0.9.6-3
+- remove rhel logic from with_python3 conditional
+
 * Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.9.6-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild