diff --git a/ci/install-dependencies.sh b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
index 19c5e8735d..2d54427175 100755
--- a/ci/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ linux-clang|linux-gcc)
 	sudo apt-add-repository -y "ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test"
 	sudo apt-get -q update
 	sudo apt-get -q -y install language-pack-is libsvn-perl apache2 \
-		$UBUNTU_COMMON_PKGS
+		$UBUNTU_COMMON_PKGS $PYTHON_PACKAGE
 	case "$jobname" in
 	linux-gcc)
 		sudo apt-get -q -y install gcc-8
diff --git a/ci/lib.sh b/ci/lib.sh
index 6c14766431..702ea96a38 100755
--- a/ci/lib.sh
+++ b/ci/lib.sh
@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ export SKIP_DASHED_BUILT_INS=YesPlease
 
 case "$jobname" in
 linux-clang|linux-gcc)
+	PYTHON_PACKAGE=python2
 	if [ "$jobname" = linux-gcc ]
 	then
 		export CC=gcc-8
-		MAKEFLAGS="$MAKEFLAGS PYTHON_PATH=/usr/bin/python3"
-	else
-		MAKEFLAGS="$MAKEFLAGS PYTHON_PATH=/usr/bin/python2"
+		PYTHON_PACKAGE=python3
 	fi
+	MAKEFLAGS="$MAKEFLAGS PYTHON_PATH=/usr/bin/$PYTHON_PACKAGE"
 
 	export GIT_TEST_HTTPD=true