diff -r 91407452cdb6 tools/misc/Makefile
--- a/tools/misc/Makefile	Wed Jul 15 13:15:50 2009 +0100
+++ b/tools/misc/Makefile	Wed Jul 15 17:01:56 2009 +0200
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ INSTALL_BIN := $(INSTALL_BIN-y)
 INSTALL_SBIN-y := xm xen-bugtool xen-python-path xend xenperf xsview xenpm xen-tmem-list-parse gtraceview gtracestat
 INSTALL_SBIN := $(INSTALL_SBIN-y)
 
-DEFAULT_PYTHON_PATH := $(shell $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/python/get-path)
-PYTHON_PATH ?= $(DEFAULT_PYTHON_PATH)
+PYTHON_PATH ?= $(PYTHON)
 INSTALL_PYTHON_PROG = $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/python/install-wrap \
 "$(PYTHON_PATH)" $(INSTALL_PROG)
 
diff -r 91407452cdb6 tools/python/get-path
--- a/tools/python/get-path	Wed Jul 15 13:15:50 2009 +0100
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-check () {
-	set +e
-	p=`type -p python$v`
-	r=$?
-	set -e
-	if [ $r = 0 ]; then
-		echo >&2 "${0##*/}: will use #!$p for python programs"
-		printf "%s\n" "$p"
-		exit 0
-	fi
-}
-
-v="$(python -V 2>&1)"
-v="${v#* }"
-check
-v="${v%.*}"
-check
-echo >&2 'python version not determined, will use env to find python at runtime'
-printf "/usr/bin/env python\n"
diff -r 91407452cdb6 tools/python/install-wrap
--- a/tools/python/install-wrap	Wed Jul 15 13:15:50 2009 +0100
+++ b/tools/python/install-wrap	Wed Jul 15 17:01:56 2009 +0200
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 # where
 #  PYTHON_PATH is what to put after #! and may be `/usr/bin/env python'
 #
-# Used via $(INSTALL_PYTHON_PROG) in Rules.mk; PYTHON_PATH comes from
-# .../get-path alongside this script
+# Used via $(INSTALL_PYTHON_PROG) in Rules.mk; PYTHON_PATH comes from $(PYTHON)
 
 set -e
 if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then echo >&2 "${0##*/}: too few arguments"; exit 1; fi