diff --git a/BioArchLinux/python-pyvcf3/PKGBUILD b/BioArchLinux/python-pyvcf3/PKGBUILD
index 94ce59cb86..b0a8a5f6db 100644
--- a/BioArchLinux/python-pyvcf3/PKGBUILD
+++ b/BioArchLinux/python-pyvcf3/PKGBUILD
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ build() {
 
 check() {
     cd "$_name-$pkgver"
+    local python_version=$(python -c 'import sys; print("".join(map(str, sys.version_info[:2])))')
     PYTHONPATH="$PWD/build/lib.linux-$CARCH-cpython-$python_version" pytest
     #python setup.py pytest