diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 664e54525..c0a1a9f90 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ linux (4.2-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     are redundant with sparc64 and neither is an official port
   * Fix last issue that prevents a reproducible build (Closes: #769844):
     - DocBook: Use a fixed encoding for output
-  * debian/bin,debian/control,debian/lib/python: Use Python 3
+  * debian/bin,debian/control,debian/lib/python,debian/rules.real: Use Python 3
   * debian/bin/genorig.py: Make orig tarballs reproducible
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:50:57 +0100
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index 9341d8179..de4b077c5 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ source-featureset: $(STAMPS_DIR)/source_$(FEATURESET)
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/config.$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR): $(KCONFIG)
 	mkdir -p '$(dir $@)'
-	python debian/bin/kconfig.py '$@' $(KCONFIG) $(KCONFIG_OPTIONS)
+	debian/bin/kconfig.py '$@' $(KCONFIG) $(KCONFIG_OPTIONS)
 
 define copy_source
 mkdir -p '$(1)'
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ $(STAMPS_DIR)/build_$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR)_$(TYPE): $(STAMPS_DIR)/setu
 
 $(STAMPS_DIR)/build_$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR)_plain:
 	+$(MAKE_CLEAN) -C '$(DIR)' $(BUILD_TARGET)
-	python debian/bin/buildcheck.py $(DIR) $(ARCH) $(FEATURESET) $(FLAVOUR)
+	debian/bin/buildcheck.py $(DIR) $(ARCH) $(FEATURESET) $(FLAVOUR)
 	@$(stamp)
 
 $(STAMPS_DIR)/build-doc: DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/build-doc