diff --git a/run_scapy b/run_scapy
index 0f4611eee..557f32436 100755
--- a/run_scapy
+++ b/run_scapy
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 DIR=$(dirname $0)
-if python --version | grep -q '^Python 2'; then
+if python --version 2>&1 | grep -q '^Python 2'; then
     PYTHON=python
 else
     PYTHON=python2
diff --git a/test/run_tests b/test/run_tests
index 3f224ab6b..5f9ea2c14 100755
--- a/test/run_tests
+++ b/test/run_tests
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 DIR=$(dirname $0)/..
-if python --version | grep -q '^Python 2'; then
+if python --version 2>&1 | grep -q '^Python 2'; then
     PYTHON=python
 else
     PYTHON=python2