diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index ec22136..0bd8eb5 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ binary: install
 	touch $@
 
 .tools_compile_mark: .compile_mark
-	${MAKE} -C ${KERNEL_SRC}/tools/perf prefix=/usr HAVE_NO_LIBBFD=1 HAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE_SUPPORT=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBCRYPTO=1 PYTHON=python2.7
+	${MAKE} -C ${KERNEL_SRC}/tools/perf prefix=/usr HAVE_NO_LIBBFD=1 HAVE_CPLUS_DEMANGLE_SUPPORT=1 NO_LIBPYTHON=1 NO_LIBPERL=1 NO_LIBCRYPTO=1 PYTHON=python3
 	echo "checking GPL-2 only perf binary for library linkage with incompatible licenses.."
 	! ldd ${KERNEL_SRC}/tools/perf/perf | grep -q -E '\blibbfd'
 	! ldd ${KERNEL_SRC}/tools/perf/perf | grep -q -E '\blibcrypto'