diff --git a/mingw-w64-igraph/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-igraph/PKGBUILD
index dbf66c09bc..98d47edbe6 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-igraph/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-igraph/PKGBUILD
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ build() {
         -DIGRAPH_ENABLE_TLS=1 \
         -DIGRAPH_GLPK_SUPPORT=1 \
         -DIGRAPH_GRAPHML_SUPPORT=1 \
-        -DIGRAPH_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=OFF \
-        -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/python.exe
+        -DIGRAPH_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=OFF
 
       cmake --build . || cmake --verbose --build .
   done