diff --git a/include/prereq-build.mk b/include/prereq-build.mk
index c52ca71908..40df89575d 100644
--- a/include/prereq-build.mk
+++ b/include/prereq-build.mk
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,wget,Please install GNU 'wget', \
 $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,perl,Please install Perl 5.x, \
 	perl --version | grep "perl.*v5"))
 
+$(eval $(call CleanupPython2))
+
 $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,python,Please install Python >= 3.5, \
 	python3.7 -V 2>&1 | grep -E 'Python 3\.[5-9]\.?', \
 	python3.6 -V 2>&1 | grep -E 'Python 3\.[5-9]\.?', \
diff --git a/include/prereq.mk b/include/prereq.mk
index 0f0f253744..83ac21242c 100644
--- a/include/prereq.mk
+++ b/include/prereq.mk
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ define RequireHeader
   $$(eval $$(call Require,$(1),$(2)))
 endef
 
+define CleanupPython2
+  define Require/python2-cleanup
+	if [ -f "$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/python" ] && \
+		$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/python -V 2>&1 | \
+		grep -q 'Python 2'; then \
+			rm $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/python; \
+	fi
+  endef
+
+  $$(eval $$(call Require,python2-cleanup))
+endef
+
 define QuoteHostCommand
 '$(subst ','"'"',$(strip $(1)))'
 endef