--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ pkgconfig_subdirs = ['gstreamer-1.0']
 
 meson_pkg_config_file_fixup_script = find_program('scripts/meson-pkg-config-file-fixup.py')
 
-python3 = import('python').find_installation()
+python3 = 'python3'
 subdir('gst-libs')
 subdir('gst')
 subdir('ext')
