diff --git a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
index d160c90702..6f647cc82a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/geany-plugins/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=geany-plugins
 version=1.33.0
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-all-plugins"
+configure_args="PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2 --enable-all-plugins"
 hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel intltool libtool pkg-config vala
  glib-devel python-devel"
 makedepends="geany-devel lua51-devel ctpl-devel libwnck2-devel GConf-devel
@@ -17,22 +17,13 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/geany/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgna
 checksum=e889073b573452c91b4d3d87ce45bd4bb57f63e4cde03dea25b6304c5a89bf55
 
 pre_configure() {
-	# Force python2.7 (configure seems to find the python3 libs for some reason)
-	rm /usr/bin/python
-	ln -s python2 /usr/bin/python
-
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 
-
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	# Use cross prefix for python
+		# Use cross prefix for python
 		sed -e "s;-L\$ac_python_libdir;-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib;g" \
 			-e "s;PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=\$python_path;PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7;g" -i configure
-	else
-		sed -e "s;-L\$ac_python_libdir;-L/usr/lib;g" \
-			-e "s;PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=\$python_path;PYTHON_CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/include/python2.7;g" -i configure
 	fi
-
 }
 
 pre_build() {