diff --git a/.packit.yaml b/.packit.yaml
index 2c12e2067..22f804e30 100644
--- a/.packit.yaml
+++ b/.packit.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ actions:
     - "wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stratis-storage/ci/master/mockbuild_test/stratis-cli.spec -O ../distro/stratis-cli.spec"
     - "wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stratis-storage/ci/master/release_management/create_artifacts.py -O ../distro/create_artifacts.py"
     - "wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stratis-storage/ci/master/release_management/_utils.py -O ../distro/_utils.py"
-    - "sed 's/\\\"python\\\",\\ \\\"setup.py\\\"/\\\"python3\\\",\\ \\\"setup.py\\\"/g' ../distro/_utils.py -i"
   create-archive:
     - "sh -c 'python3 ../distro/create_artifacts.py ../distro/ stratis-cli $(rpmspec -q --srpm --qf %{Version} ../distro/stratis-cli.spec)'"
     - "sh -c 'echo ../distro/stratis-cli-$(rpmspec -q --srpm --qf %{Version} ../distro/stratis-cli.spec).tar.gz'"