diff --git a/srcpkgs/mozjs102/template b/srcpkgs/mozjs102/template
index 8f8cda6bdce..04050f47c1f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mozjs102/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mozjs102/template
@@ -47,14 +47,13 @@ pre_configure() {
 	sh ../../build/autoconf/autoconf.sh configure.in > configure
 	chmod 0755 configure
 
-	local _sitedir=$(python3 -c 'import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_paths()["purelib"])')
 	rm -rf ${wrksrc}/third_party/python/six
 	mkdir ${wrksrc}/third_party/python/six
-	ln -s ${_sitedir}/six.py ${wrksrc}/third_party/python/six
+	ln -s /${py3_sitelib}/six.py ${wrksrc}/third_party/python/six
 
 	rm -rf ${wrksrc}/third_party/python/looseversion
 	mkdir ${wrksrc}/third_party/python/looseversion
-	ln -s ${_sitedir}/looseversion/__init__.py ${wrksrc}/third_party/python/looseversion/looseversion.py
+	ln -s /${py3_sitelib}/looseversion/__init__.py ${wrksrc}/third_party/python/looseversion/looseversion.py
 	echo "vendored:third_party/python/looseversion" >>  ${wrksrc}/python/sites/mach.txt
 }