diff --git a/macros.python-srpm b/macros.python-srpm
index 0a0846f..ad6a0f6 100644
--- a/macros.python-srpm
+++ b/macros.python-srpm
@@ -210,9 +210,14 @@
     -- In Fedora this is not needed as we don't ship ecosystem packages
     -- for alternative Python interpreters.
     if rhel ~= '' then
-        local obsoletes = python.python_altobsoletes(name, evr)
-        for i, obsolete in ipairs(obsoletes) do
-            print('Obsoletes: ' .. obsolete .. '\\n')
+        -- Create Obsoletes only if the name does not end in a parenthesis,
+        -- as Obsoletes can't include parentheses.
+        -- This most commonly happens when the name contains an isa.
+        if (string.sub(name, "-1") ~= ")") then
+            local obsoletes = python.python_altobsoletes(name, evr)
+            for i, obsolete in ipairs(obsoletes) do
+                print('Obsoletes: ' .. obsolete .. '\\n')
+            end
         end
     end
 }
diff --git a/python-rpm-macros.spec b/python-rpm-macros.spec
index cd4d6af..4d55010 100644
--- a/python-rpm-macros.spec
+++ b/python-rpm-macros.spec
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ elseif posix.stat('macros.python-srpm') then
 end
 }
 Version:        %{__default_python3_version}
-Release:        16%{?dist}
+Release:        17%{?dist}
 
 BuildArch:      noarch
 
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ install -m 755 brp-* %{buildroot}%{_rpmconfigdir}/redhat/
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Feb 08 2022 Tomas Orsava <torsava@redhat.com> - 3.10-17
+- %%py_provides: Do not generate Obsoletes for names containing parentheses
+
 * Mon Jan 31 2022 Miro Hrončok <mhroncok@redhat.com> - 3.10-16
 - Explicitly opt-out from Python name-based provides and obsoletes generators
 
diff --git a/tests/test_evals.py b/tests/test_evals.py
index 2027a01..37eb030 100644
--- a/tests/test_evals.py
+++ b/tests/test_evals.py
@@ -195,6 +195,16 @@ def test_py_provides_python3(rhel):
         assert len(lines) == 3
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('rhel', [None, 9])
+def test_py_provides_python3_with_isa(rhel):
+    lines = rpm_eval('%py_provides python3-foo(x86_64)', version='6', release='1.fc66', rhel=rhel)
+    assert 'Provides: python3-foo(x86_64) = 6-1.fc66' in lines
+    assert 'Provides: python-foo(x86_64) = 6-1.fc66' in lines
+    assert f'Provides: python{X_Y}-foo(x86_64) = 6-1.fc66' in lines
+    assert f'Obsoletes: python{X_Y}-foo(x86_64) < 6-1.fc66' not in lines
+    assert len(lines) == 3
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('rhel', [None, 13])
 def test_py_provides_python3_epoched(rhel):
     lines = rpm_eval('%py_provides python3-foo', epoch='1', version='6', release='1.fc66', rhel=rhel)