diff --git a/audio/idjc/Makefile b/audio/idjc/Makefile
index 7628cf3570b4..f053a6312e2c 100644
--- a/audio/idjc/Makefile
+++ b/audio/idjc/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ DOCSDIR=	${PREFIX}/share/doc/${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}
 pre-install:
 	${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|libvorbis.so.0|libvorbis.so|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/python/format.py
-	${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|#! /usr/local/bin/python2.72.7|#\!${LOCALBASE}/bin/${PYTHON_VERSION}|' \
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|#! /usr/local/bin/python2.72.7|#\!${PYTHON_CMD}|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/idjc
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/cyphesis/Makefile b/net/cyphesis/Makefile
index 31548aac18b3..b3be928a1177 100644
--- a/net/cyphesis/Makefile
+++ b/net/cyphesis/Makefile
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ post-patch:
 		${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|$$(datadir)/cyphesis|${DATADIR}|g ; \
 		s|confbackupdir = .*|confbackupdir = ${DOCSDIR}/conf|g'
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|/bash|/sh|' ${WRKSRC}/scripts/extract_revision.sh
-	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '1s|python|${LOCALBASE}/bin/${PYTHON_VERSION}|' ${WRKSRC}/scripts/gen_buildid.py
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '1s|python|${PYTHON_CMD}|' ${WRKSRC}/scripts/gen_buildid.py
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's/#ifdef __APPLE__/#if defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)/g; \
 		s/#ifndef __APPLE__/#if !defined(__APPLE__) \&\& !defined(__FreeBSD__)/g' \
 		${WRKSRC}/common/system.cpp \
diff --git a/textproc/codespell/Makefile b/textproc/codespell/Makefile
index 620a92cb5db9..2ebc1eccf04f 100644
--- a/textproc/codespell/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/codespell/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PORTEXAMPLES=	*
 SUB_FILES+=	pkg-message
 
 do-build:
-	${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|#!/usr/bin/env python3|#!${LOCALBASE}/bin/${PYTHON_VERSION}|' \
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} 's|#!/usr/bin/env python3|#!${PYTHON_CMD}|' \
 		${WRKSRC}/codespell.py
 
 do-install:
diff --git a/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile b/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile
index 16c525b30eb8..1320484796c2 100644
--- a/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py-libxml2/Makefile
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ USE_GNOME+=	libxml2
 USES+=		python:2 gettext-runtime
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
-CPPFLAGS+=	`${PYTHON_VERSION}-config --cflags`
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib `${PYTHON_VERSION}-config --libs`
+CPPFLAGS+=	`${PYTHON_CMD}-config --cflags`
+LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib `${PYTHON_CMD}-config --libs`
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-iconv=${ICONV_PREFIX} \
 		--with-html-dir=${PREFIX}/share/doc \
 		--with-html-subdir=${PORTNAME} \
diff --git a/textproc/py3-libxml2/Makefile b/textproc/py3-libxml2/Makefile
index ad334737da6f..9926e1371f12 100644
--- a/textproc/py3-libxml2/Makefile
+++ b/textproc/py3-libxml2/Makefile
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ USE_GNOME+=	libxml2
 USES=		python:3 gettext-runtime
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 
-CPPFLAGS+=	`${PYTHON_VERSION}-config --cflags`
-LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib `${PYTHON_VERSION}-config --libs`
+CPPFLAGS+=	`${PYTHON_CMD}-config --cflags`
+LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib `${PYTHON_CMD}-config --libs`
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=	--with-iconv=${ICONV_PREFIX} \
 		--with-html-dir=${PREFIX}/share/doc \
 		--with-html-subdir=${PORTNAME} \