diff --git a/waf b/waf
index 051540f46..3d0f2168e 100755
--- a/waf
+++ b/waf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 # encoding: latin-1
 # Thomas Nagy, 2005-2018
 #
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 4122cb96b..4283a2899 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -368,15 +368,6 @@ def configure(conf):
 
     env = conf.env
 
-    # ns-3 now only supports Python3 but Waf is based on Python2
-    # This can be removed once Waf moves to Python3
-    if Options.options.with_python is None:
-        if sys.version_info < (3,):
-            # Forcing otherwise unused Options.options.python to select python3
-            # This option is checked later by waflib
-            Options.options.python = 'python3'
-            conf.msg('Configuring Waf to use python3: ', Options.options.python, 'GREEN')
-
     if Options.options.enable_gcov:
         env['GCOV_ENABLED'] = True
         env.append_value('CCFLAGS', '-fprofile-arcs')