diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/scripts/rpm-install.sh b/scrapy/trunk/scripts/rpm-install.sh
index 49d6c7dc6..710f18671 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/scripts/rpm-install.sh
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/scripts/rpm-install.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 # This file becomes the install section of the generated spec file.
 #
 
-# This is what dist.py normally does.
-python2.5 setup.py install --root=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} --record="INSTALLED_FILES"
+python setup.py install --root=${RPM_BUILD_ROOT} --record="INSTALLED_FILES"
 
 cat << EOF >> INSTALLED_FILES
 /usr/bin/*.py*
diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/setup.cfg b/scrapy/trunk/setup.cfg
index 8bf2da1c3..2b1e9475f 100644
--- a/scrapy/trunk/setup.cfg
+++ b/scrapy/trunk/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 [bdist_rpm]
 release = 1
-python = python2.5
 install-script = scripts/rpm-install.sh
 
 [install]