diff --git a/subversion-1.9.7-pybinary.patch b/subversion-1.9.7-pybinary.patch
index c89180d..57482df 100644
--- a/subversion-1.9.7-pybinary.patch
+++ b/subversion-1.9.7-pybinary.patch
@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1552079
      standalone.close()
 --- subversion-1.9.7/subversion/tests/cmdline/svntest/main.py.pybinary
 +++ subversion-1.9.7/subversion/tests/cmdline/svntest/main.py
-@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
- if windows:
-   svneditor_script = os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'svneditor.bat')
- else:
--  svneditor_script = os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'svneditor.py')
-+  svneditor_script = sys.executable + ' ' + os.path.join(sys.path[0], 'svneditor.py')
- 
- # Username and password used by the working copies
- wc_author = 'jrandom'
 @@ -410,9 +410,9 @@
    should be passed to wait_on_pipe."""
    command = [str(x) for x in command]
diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index ca368ae..92aab9d 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -232,6 +232,8 @@ PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH ./autogen.sh --release
 
 # fix shebang lines, #111498
 perl -pi -e 's|/usr/bin/env perl -w|/usr/bin/perl -w|' tools/hook-scripts/*.pl.in
+# fix python executable
+perl -pi -e 's|/usr/bin/env python.*|%{svn_python}|' subversion/tests/cmdline/svneditor.py
 
 # override weird -shrext from ruby
 export svn_cv_ruby_link="%{__cc} -shared"