diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1998bd2..2259f29 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
  libx11-dev,
  libxkbfile-dev,
  meson (>= 0.40.0),
- python,
  python-gi-dev,
  python3,
  valac,
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@
 Depends:
  ${gir:Depends},
  ${misc:Depends},
- ${python:Depends},
  ${python3:Depends}
 Description: Introspection data for Xapp
  Xapp provides components which are common to multiple desktop environments
diff --git a/debian/patches/disable-python2-gir b/debian/patches/disable-python2-gir
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa8cc3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/disable-python2-gir
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+ pygobject/meson.build |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- xapp.git.orig/pygobject/meson.build
++++ xapp.git/pygobject/meson.build
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pygobject = dependency('pygobject-3.0',
+     required: true,
+ )
+ 
+-foreach exec : ['python2', 'python3']
++foreach exec : ['python3']
+     r = run_command(exec, '-c', 'import gi;print(gi._overridesdir)')
+ 
+     if r.returncode() == 0
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index e69de29..f6d0917 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+disable-python2-gir
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 8a41b75..95fbe11 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 export DEB_LDFLAGS_MAINT_APPEND = -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,now
 
 %:
-	dh $@ --with=gir,python2,python3
+	dh $@ --with=gir,python3
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	dh_auto_configure -- \