diff --git a/tools/check/check_python b/tools/check/check_python
index cdfe811c14..ed7bc3652b 100755
--- a/tools/check/check_python
+++ b/tools/check/check_python
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 
 . ./funcs.sh
 
-if test -z ${PYTHON}; then
-	PYTHON=`/usr/bin/env python 2>/dev/null`
-fi
-
 ${PYTHON} -c '
 import sys
 sys.exit(sys.version_info[0] < 2 or sys.version_info[1] < 2)
diff --git a/tools/check/check_python_devel b/tools/check/check_python_devel
index dd68568b9b..c8e0d93b2f 100755
--- a/tools/check/check_python_devel
+++ b/tools/check/check_python_devel
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 
 . ./funcs.sh
 
-if test -z ${PYTHON}; then
-	PYTHON=`/usr/bin/env python 2>/dev/null`
-fi
 has_or_fail ${PYTHON}
 
 ${PYTHON} -c '
diff --git a/tools/check/check_python_xml b/tools/check/check_python_xml
index 13ef805e75..1932cb85b6 100755
--- a/tools/check/check_python_xml
+++ b/tools/check/check_python_xml
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 
 . ./funcs.sh
 
-if test -z ${PYTHON}; then
-	PYTHON=`/usr/bin/env python 2>/dev/null`
-fi
 has_or_fail ${PYTHON}
 
 ${PYTHON} -c 'import xml.dom.minidom' 2>/dev/null || \