diff --git a/test/bidi.t b/test/bidi.t
index 5f80d09..643a908 100755
--- a/test/bidi.t
+++ b/test/bidi.t
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ then
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! python2 -c 'import mercurial' > /dev/null 2>&1
+if ! python -c 'import mercurial' > /dev/null 2>&1
 then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; mercurial not available'
 	test_done
diff --git a/test/helper.t b/test/helper.t
index 73cbd1f..7f13c93 100755
--- a/test/helper.t
+++ b/test/helper.t
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ then
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! python2 -c 'import mercurial' > /dev/null 2>&1
+if ! python -c 'import mercurial' > /dev/null 2>&1
 then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; mercurial not available'
 	test_done
diff --git a/test/hg-git.t b/test/hg-git.t
index ecc5994..ee1b868 100755
--- a/test/hg-git.t
+++ b/test/hg-git.t
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ then
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! python2 -c 'import mercurial' > /dev/null 2>&1
+if ! python -c 'import mercurial' > /dev/null 2>&1
 then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; mercurial not available'
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if python2 -c 'import hggit' > /dev/null 2>&1
+if python -c 'import hggit' > /dev/null 2>&1
 then
 	hggit=hggit
-elif python2 -c 'import hgext.git' > /dev/null 2>&1
+elif python -c 'import hgext.git' > /dev/null 2>&1
 then
 	hggit=hgext.git
 else
diff --git a/test/main.t b/test/main.t
index 34045ce..54d50a0 100755
--- a/test/main.t
+++ b/test/main.t
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ then
 	test_done
 fi
 
-if ! python2 -c 'import mercurial' > /dev/null 2>&1
+if ! python -c 'import mercurial' > /dev/null 2>&1
 then
 	skip_all='skipping remote-hg tests; mercurial not available'
 	test_done
diff --git a/tools/check-versions b/tools/check-versions
index 95b891b..f7dfeac 100755
--- a/tools/check-versions
+++ b/tools/check-versions
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Component
   def build
     Dir.chdir(dir) do
       targets = %w[build_py build_ext].map { |e| [e, '--build-lib', "#{$builddir}/python"] }
-      run_cmd %w[python2 setup.py --quiet] + targets.flatten
+      run_cmd %w[python setup.py --quiet] + targets.flatten
     end
   end