diff --git a/src/ceph-crash.in b/src/ceph-crash.in
index 5bfb50c474..d53c4eeb6a 100755
--- a/src/ceph-crash.in
+++ b/src/ceph-crash.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!@PYTHON_EXECUTABLE@
+#!@PYTHON3_EXECUTABLE@
 # -*- mode:python -*-
 # vim: ts=4 sw=4 smarttab expandtab
 
diff --git a/src/ceph.in b/src/ceph.in
index f060023f57..3a84263ccc 100755
--- a/src/ceph.in
+++ b/src/ceph.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!@PYTHON_EXECUTABLE@
+#!@PYTHON3_EXECUTABLE@
 # -*- mode:python -*-
 # vim: ts=4 sw=4 smarttab expandtab
 #
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ DEVMODEMSG = '*** DEVELOPER MODE: setting PATH, PYTHONPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH *
 def respawn_in_path(lib_path, pybind_path, pythonlib_path, asan_lib_path):
     execv_cmd = []
     if 'CEPH_DBG' in os.environ:
-        execv_cmd += ['@PYTHON_EXECUTABLE@', '-mpdb']
+        execv_cmd += ['@PYTHON3_EXECUTABLE@', '-mpdb']
 
     if platform.system() == "Darwin":
         lib_path_var = "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH"