diff --git a/deps/buildcore/base.mk b/deps/buildcore/base.mk
index 4c031da..9a44b93 100644
--- a/deps/buildcore/base.mk
+++ b/deps/buildcore/base.mk
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ else
 	HOST_ENV=${OS}-$(shell uname -m)
 endif
 
-ifeq (${$(shell python -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info[0])')},3)
+ifeq ($(shell python -c 'import sys; print(sys.version_info[0])'),3)
 	PYTHON3=python
 else
 	PYTHON3=python3
 endif
 
 SCRIPTS=${BUILDCORE_PATH}/scripts
-SETUP_BUILD=python3 ${SCRIPTS}/setup-build.py
+SETUP_BUILD=${PYTHON3} ${SCRIPTS}/setup-build.py
 PYBB=${PYTHON3} ${SCRIPTS}/pybb.py
 CMAKE_BUILD=${PYBB} cmake-build
 RM_RF=${PYBB} rm