diff --git a/package/gnome24/pygtk/pygtk.conf b/package/gnome24/pygtk/pygtk.conf
index 9799aecd3..971a08ffb 100644
--- a/package/gnome24/pygtk/pygtk.conf
+++ b/package/gnome24/pygtk/pygtk.conf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 pygtk_pi() {
 	# set python path
-	PYVER="`python -V 2>&1 | sed 's,.*\([0-9][.][0-9]\).*,\1,'`"
+	PYVER="`python -V 2>&1 | sed 's/Python \([0-9]\.[0-9]\).*/\1/'`"
 
 	cat > $root/etc/profile.d/pygtk <<-EOF
 export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH${PYTHONPATH:+:}/$prefix/lib/python$PYVER/site-packages/:/$prefix/lib/python$PYVER/site-packages/gtk-2.0/