diff --git a/test/test_autopep8.py b/test/test_autopep8.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/test/test_autopep8.py
+++ b/test/test_autopep8.py
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ if 'AUTOPEP8_COVERAGE' in os.environ and int(os.environ['AUTOPEP8_COVERAGE']):
 else:
     # We need to specify the executable to make sure the correct Python
     # interpreter gets used.
-    AUTOPEP8_CMD_TUPLE = (sys.executable,
-                          os.path.join(ROOT_DIR,
+    AUTOPEP8_CMD_TUPLE = (os.path.join(ROOT_DIR,
                                        'autopep8.py'),)  # pragma: no cover
Make "./setup.py test" work even without pep8