diff --git a/python/binary.go b/python/binary.go
index a3acb34..4d6e118 100644
--- a/python/binary.go
+++ b/python/binary.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 	"android/soong/android"
 	"android/soong/cc"
+
 	"github.com/google/blueprint"
 )
 
@@ -143,8 +144,7 @@
 	}
 	srcsZips = append(srcsZips, depsSrcsZips...)
 	p.installSource = registerBuildActionForParFile(ctx, embeddedLauncher, launcherPath,
-		p.getHostInterpreterName(ctx, p.properties.Actual_version),
-		main, p.getStem(ctx), srcsZips)
+		"python3", main, p.getStem(ctx), srcsZips)
 
 	var sharedLibs []string
 	// if embedded launcher is enabled, we need to collect the shared library dependencies of the
@@ -205,23 +205,6 @@
 	return BoolDefault(b.binaryProperties.Autorun, true)
 }
 
-// get host interpreter name.
-func (p *PythonBinaryModule) getHostInterpreterName(ctx android.ModuleContext,
-	actualVersion string) string {
-	var interp string
-	switch actualVersion {
-	case pyVersion2:
-		interp = "python2.7"
-	case pyVersion3:
-		interp = "python3"
-	default:
-		panic(fmt.Errorf("unknown Python actualVersion: %q for module: %q.",
-			actualVersion, ctx.ModuleName()))
-	}
-
-	return interp
-}
-
 // find main program path within runfiles tree.
 func (p *PythonBinaryModule) getPyMainFile(ctx android.ModuleContext,
 	srcsPathMappings []pathMapping) string {