diff --git a/.evergreen/run-orchestration.sh b/.evergreen/run-orchestration.sh
index f7e48afc..fbe4df46 100755
--- a/.evergreen/run-orchestration.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/run-orchestration.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ DIR=$(dirname $0)
 if [ -n "$BASH" ]; then
   . $DIR/find-python3.sh
   echo "Finding Python3 binary..."
-  export PYTHON="$(find_python3 2>/dev/null)" || return
+  export PYTHON
+  PYTHON="$(find_python3 2>/dev/null)"
   echo "Finding Python3 binary... done."
 else
   export PYTHON=""