--- a/pygobject/meson.build
+++ b/pygobject/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     required: true,
 )
 
-foreach exec : ['python2', 'python3']
+foreach exec : ['python3']
     r = run_command(exec, '-c', 'import gi;print(gi._overridesdir)')
 
     if r.returncode() == 0