diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
index 79bbeae331..c0da041356 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/kodi/package.mk
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ KODI_LIBDVD="$KODI_DVDCSS \
 PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DNATIVEPREFIX=$TOOLCHAIN \
                        -DWITH_TEXTUREPACKER=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/TexturePacker \
                        -DDEPENDS_PATH=$PKG_BUILD/depends \
+                       -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python2.7 \
                        -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/python2.7 \
                        -DGIT_VERSION=$PKG_VERSION \
                        -DENABLE_INTERNAL_FFMPEG=OFF \
@@ -269,8 +270,6 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/kodi/addons/visualization.vortex
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/xsessions
 
-  mv $INSTALL/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages $INSTALL/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
-
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib/kodi
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/kodi-config $INSTALL/usr/lib/kodi
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/kodi.sh $INSTALL/usr/lib/kodi