diff -up yum-utils-1.1.31/yumutils/Makefile.orig yum-utils-1.1.31/yumutils/Makefile
--- yum-utils-1.1.31/yumutils/Makefile.orig	2011-08-10 17:20:19.000000000 +0200
+++ yum-utils-1.1.31/yumutils/Makefile	2018-08-31 17:49:34.965067361 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PYTHON=python
+PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2
 PACKAGE = $(shell basename `pwd`)
 PYFILES = $(wildcard *.py)
 PYVER := $(shell $(PYTHON) -c 'import sys; print "%.3s" %(sys.version)')