diff --git a/sip.spec b/sip.spec
index 67b5bd1..9c8adba 100644
--- a/sip.spec
+++ b/sip.spec
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ Source: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/download/sip/%{name}-%{version}.tar.
 
 Prereq: /sbin/ldconfig
 
-BuildPrereq: %{pythonpkg}-devel >= %{pythonver}%{minor}
+BuildPrereq: %{pythonpkg}-devel >= %{pythonver}
 BuildPrereq: %{qtpkg}-devel >= %{qtver}
 BuildPrereq: sed
 
-Requires: %{pythonpkg} >= %{pythonver}%{minor}
+Requires: %{pythonpkg} >= %{pythonver}
 
 %description
 SIP is a tool for generating bindings for C++ classes so that they can be