--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14,20 +14,8 @@ inpath()
 }
 
 if ( inpath bash ); then
-    pp=""
-    for p in python3 python3.8 python3.7 python3.6 python3.5 python3.4 python3.3 python3.2 python3.1 python2 python2.7 python
-    do
-        if ( inpath $p ); then
-            pp="$p"
-            break
-        fi
-    done
-    if [ pp != "" ]; then
-        exec $pp `dirname $0`/make/configure.py "$@"
-        exit 0
-    else
-        echo "ERROR: no suitable version of python found."
-    fi
+    exec python `dirname $0`/make/configure.py "$@"
+    exit 0
 else
     echo "ERROR: bash shell not found."
 fi
