diff --git a/dev/lang/python/pydefault b/dev/lang/python/pydefault
index 5ddbd3e7..223e718f 100644
--- a/dev/lang/python/pydefault
+++ b/dev/lang/python/pydefault
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if [ "$1" != "" ] ; then
     ln -s 2to3-$version /usr/bin/2to3
     ln -s pip$version /usr/bin/pip3
     ln -s pip$version /usr/bin/pip
-    ln -s libpython$version.so /usr/lib64/libpython3.so
+    ln -s libpython3.so.$version /usr/lib64/libpython3.so
     ln -s python-$version.pc /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/python3.pc
     ln -s python-$version-embed.pc /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/python3-embed.pc
     
diff --git a/dev/lang/python3.10/ympbuild b/dev/lang/python3.10/ympbuild
index bdf2a6bd..5cf750e4 100644
--- a/dev/lang/python3.10/ympbuild
+++ b/dev/lang/python3.10/ympbuild
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ package(){
     done
     rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/python3.pc
     rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/python3-embed.pc
-    # remove symlink and move file
-    rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64/libpython3.10.so
-    mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64/libpython3.10.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64/libpython3.so
+    # move libpython3.so file
+    mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64/libpython3.so ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64/libpython3.so.3.10
 }