diff --git a/python/bin/gherkin b/python/bin/gherkin
index b211ef27f..ce7f5bedf 100755
--- a/python/bin/gherkin
+++ b/python/bin/gherkin
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
-# Use "make GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION=python2 ..." to use python2
 if [ -z "$GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION" ];
 then
-    if [ -x "$(command -v python)" ]
-    then
-        GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION=python
-    elif [ -x "$(command -v python3)" ]
+    if [ -x "$(command -v python3)" ]
     then
         GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION=python3
-    elif [ -x "$(command -v python2)" ]
+    elif [ -x "$(command -v python)" ]
     then
-        GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION=python2
-    else
-        echo "Neiter python, python3 or python2 found on PATH, exiting"
+        GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION=python
+        echo "Neither python3 or python found on PATH, exiting"
         exit 1
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/python/bin/gherkin-generate-tokens b/python/bin/gherkin-generate-tokens
index 04e102f20..61ea45a27 100755
--- a/python/bin/gherkin-generate-tokens
+++ b/python/bin/gherkin-generate-tokens
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
-# Use "make GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION=python2 ..." to use python2
 if [ -z "$GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION" ];
 then
-    if [ -x "$(command -v python)" ]
-    then
-        GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION=python
-    elif [ -x "$(command -v python3)" ]
+    if [ -x "$(command -v python3)" ]
     then
         GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION=python3
-    elif [ -x "$(command -v python2)" ]
+    elif [ -x "$(command -v python)" ]
     then
-        GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION=python2
-    else
-        echo "Neiter python, python3 or python2 found on PATH, exiting"
+        GHERKIN_PYTHON_VERSION=python
+        echo "Neither python3 or python found on PATH, exiting"
         exit 1
     fi
 fi