diff --git a/include/prereq-build.mk b/include/prereq-build.mk
index 8d9140a2d2c..d626ab024fe 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 CleanupPython3))
+
 $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,python,Please install Python 2.x, \
 	python2.7 -V 2>&1 | grep 'Python 2.7', \
 	python2 -V 2>&1 | grep 'Python 2', \
diff --git a/include/prereq.mk b/include/prereq.mk
index 0f0f2537448..60f1e47c3db 100644
--- a/include/prereq.mk
+++ b/include/prereq.mk
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@ define RequireHeader
   $$(eval $$(call Require,$(1),$(2)))
 endef
 
+define CleanupPython3
+  define Require/python3-cleanup
+	if [ -f "$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/python" ] && \
+		$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/python -V 2>&1 | \
+		grep -q 'Python 3'; then \
+			rm $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/python; \
+	fi
+  endef
+
+  $$(eval $$(call Require,python3-cleanup))
+endef
+
 define QuoteHostCommand
 '$(subst ','"'"',$(strip $(1)))'
 endef