diff --git a/dev-util/apitrace/apitrace-7.1.recipe b/dev-util/apitrace/apitrace-7.1.recipe
index 5f9d1cd5f..a9d28b796 100644
--- a/dev-util/apitrace/apitrace-7.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-util/apitrace/apitrace-7.1.recipe
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:python
+#	cmd:python
 	"
 
 BUILD()
diff --git a/games-strategy/0ad/0ad-0.0.23b~alpha.recipe b/games-strategy/0ad/0ad-0.0.23b~alpha.recipe
index 8ee96ec7d..0c880a966 100644
--- a/games-strategy/0ad/0ad-0.0.23b~alpha.recipe
+++ b/games-strategy/0ad/0ad-0.0.23b~alpha.recipe
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:patch
 	cmd:perl
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:python2
+#	cmd:python2
 	cmd:sed
 	cmd:which
 	cmd:xargs