diff --git a/gtest.spec b/gtest.spec
index 9d76866..6e04e41 100644
--- a/gtest.spec
+++ b/gtest.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Source0:        http://googletest.googlecode.com/files/gtest-%{version}.zip
 Patch0:         gtest-soname.patch
 BuildRequires:  cmake
 BuildRequires:  libtool
-BuildRequires:  python
+BuildRequires:  python-devel
 
 %description
 Google's framework for writing C++ tests on a variety of platforms
@@ -38,19 +38,18 @@ cp -a ./samples ./samples.orig
 %build
 # this is odd but needed only to generate gtest-config.
 %configure
-mkdir build
-pushd build
+mkdir build && pushd build
 %cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON \
        -DCMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH=TRUE \
        -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=%{__python2} \
-       -Dgtest_build_tests=ON \
-       ..
-popd
-make %{?_smp_mflags} -C build
+       -Dgtest_build_tests=ON ..
+make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %check
 # LD_LIBRARY_PATH needed due to cmake_skip_rpath in %%build
-LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}/build make test -C build
+pushd build
+LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$RPM_BUILD_DIR/%{name}-%{version}/build make test
+popd
 
 # Restore the clean copy of samples.
 # To be later listed against doc.