diff --git a/cmd/arc_summary/arc_summary2 b/cmd/arc_summary/arc_summary2
index ab4a3c574a5f..1326d9e627f8 100755
--- a/cmd/arc_summary/arc_summary2
+++ b/cmd/arc_summary/arc_summary2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python2
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # $Id: arc_summary.pl,v 388:e27800740aa2 2011-07-08 02:53:29Z jhell $
 #
diff --git a/cmd/arc_summary/arc_summary3 b/cmd/arc_summary/arc_summary3
index d33271438498..7bee77061d50 100755
--- a/cmd/arc_summary/arc_summary3
+++ b/cmd/arc_summary/arc_summary3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2008 Ben Rockwood <benr@cuddletech.com>,
 # Copyright (c) 2010 Martin Matuska <mm@FreeBSD.org>,
diff --git a/cmd/arcstat/Makefile.am b/cmd/arcstat/Makefile.am
index 2d59faa9c87d..8166778a13e3 100644
--- a/cmd/arcstat/Makefile.am
+++ b/cmd/arcstat/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ dist_bin_SCRIPTS = arcstat
 #
 if USING_PYTHON_2
 install-exec-hook:
-	sed --in-place 's|^#!/usr/bin/python3|#!/usr/bin/python2|' \
+	sed --in-place 's|^#!/usr/bin/env python3|#!/usr/bin/env python2|' \
 	    $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/arcstat
 endif
diff --git a/cmd/arcstat/arcstat b/cmd/arcstat/arcstat
index 57a2d621f34a..003499928f32 100755
--- a/cmd/arcstat/arcstat
+++ b/cmd/arcstat/arcstat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Print out ZFS ARC Statistics exported via kstat(1)
 # For a definition of fields, or usage, use arctstat.pl -v
diff --git a/cmd/dbufstat/Makefile.am b/cmd/dbufstat/Makefile.am
index 06923d38b2e8..a3f0c6e50d73 100644
--- a/cmd/dbufstat/Makefile.am
+++ b/cmd/dbufstat/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ dist_bin_SCRIPTS = dbufstat
 #
 if USING_PYTHON_2
 install-exec-hook:
-	sed --in-place 's|^#!/usr/bin/python3|#!/usr/bin/python2|' \
+	sed --in-place 's|^#!/usr/bin/env python3|#!/usr/bin/env python2|' \
 	    $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/dbufstat
 endif
diff --git a/cmd/dbufstat/dbufstat b/cmd/dbufstat/dbufstat
index e6c947fbcbdb..4a57d811301f 100755
--- a/cmd/dbufstat/dbufstat
+++ b/cmd/dbufstat/dbufstat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 # Print out statistics for all cached dmu buffers.  This information
 # is available through the dbufs kstat and may be post-processed as
diff --git a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
index 5ef6f7bcfa39..545627d4bfba 100644
--- a/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
+++ b/rpm/generic/zfs.spec.in
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@
 %bcond_with    asan
 %bcond_with    systemd
 
-# Exclude test-runner.py from the rpmbuild shebang check to allow it to run
-# under Python 2 and 3.
-%global __brp_mangle_shebangs_exclude_from test-runner.py
-
 # Generic enable switch for systemd
 %if %{with systemd}
 %define _systemd 1
@@ -354,6 +350,14 @@ make %{?_smp_mflags}
 %{__rm} -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=%{?buildroot}
 find %{?buildroot}%{_libdir} -name '*.la' -exec rm -f {} \;
+%if 0%{!?__brp_mangle_shebangs:1}
+find %{?buildroot}%{_bindir} \
+    \( -name arc_summary -or -name arcstat -or -name dbufstat \) \
+    -exec %{__sed} -i 's|^#!.*|#!%{__python}|' {} \;
+find %{?buildroot}%{_datadir} \
+    \( -name test-runner.py -or -name zts-report.py \) \
+    -exec %{__sed} -i 's|^#!.*|#!%{__python}|' {} \;
+%endif
 
 %post
 %if 0%{?_systemd}
diff --git a/tests/test-runner/bin/Makefile.am b/tests/test-runner/bin/Makefile.am
index e1ae21548e98..2c031f745503 100644
--- a/tests/test-runner/bin/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/test-runner/bin/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dist_pkgdata_SCRIPTS = \
 #
 if USING_PYTHON_2
 install-data-hook:
-	sed --in-place 's|^#!/usr/bin/python3|#!/usr/bin/python2|' \
+	sed --in-place 's|^#!/usr/bin/env python3|#!/usr/bin/env python2|' \
 	    $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/test-runner.py \
 	    $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/zts-report.py
 endif
diff --git a/tests/test-runner/bin/test-runner.py b/tests/test-runner/bin/test-runner.py
index bf2c77c18a93..ca08b3754115 100755
--- a/tests/test-runner/bin/test-runner.py
+++ b/tests/test-runner/bin/test-runner.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
 # This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the
diff --git a/tests/test-runner/bin/zts-report.py b/tests/test-runner/bin/zts-report.py
index d046c13a55ef..c5c869045edc 100755
--- a/tests/test-runner/bin/zts-report.py
+++ b/tests/test-runner/bin/zts-report.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python3
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 #
 # This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the