diff --git a/python/tzdata/tzdata.SlackBuild b/python/tzdata/tzdata.SlackBuild
index b70448295d..eba55ecaaa 100644
--- a/python/tzdata/tzdata.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/tzdata/tzdata.SlackBuild
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=tzdata
-SRCNAM=$(echo $PRGNAM | sed "s/python3-//")
 VERSION=${VERSION:-2023.3}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
@@ -69,9 +68,9 @@ set -e
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf $SRCNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
-cd $SRCNAM-$VERSION
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \