1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ci/lib.sh b/ci/lib.sh
index 0a73fc7bd1..3856c0066b 100755
--- a/ci/lib.sh
+++ b/ci/lib.sh
@@ -325,9 +325,13 @@ ubuntu-*)
 		break
 	fi
 
-	PYTHON_PACKAGE=python2
-	if test "$jobname" = linux-gcc
+	# Python 2 is end of life, and Ubuntu 23.04 and newer don't actually
+	# have it anymore. We thus only test with Python 2 on older LTS
+	# releases.
+	if "$distro" = "ubuntu-20.04"
 	then
+		PYTHON_PACKAGE=python2
+	else
 		PYTHON_PACKAGE=python3
 	fi
 	MAKEFLAGS="$MAKEFLAGS PYTHON_PATH=/usr/bin/$PYTHON_PACKAGE"