diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a4cf2757..83b7de8b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -250,8 +250,6 @@ if test "x$want_python" = "xyes"; then
 	pythondir=`echo ${pythondir} | sed -e 's,[$][{]prefix[}],${pyprefix},g'`
 	pyexecdir=`echo ${pyexecdir} | sed -e 's,[$][{]exec_prefix[}],${pyprefix},g'`
     fi
-    PYTHON_PREFIX=$($PYTHON -c 'import sys; print sys.prefix')
-    PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX=$($PYTHON -c 'import sys; print sys.exec_prefix')
 else
     # Namespace support requires Python support
     want_linux_netns=no