diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 571c24e..0ff3801 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
                dh-systemd (>= 1.5),
                autotools-dev,
                pkg-config,
-               python3,
+               python-minimal,
                libosmocore-dev,
                libosmo-abis-dev,
                libosmo-netif-dev,
diff --git a/tests/auc/gen_ts_55_205_test_sets/pdftxt_2_c.py b/tests/auc/gen_ts_55_205_test_sets/pdftxt_2_c.py
index acc0f7d..b01a797 100755
--- a/tests/auc/gen_ts_55_205_test_sets/pdftxt_2_c.py
+++ b/tests/auc/gen_ts_55_205_test_sets/pdftxt_2_c.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # FIXME: use python3 once buildslaves are updated.
 # Convert test sets pasted from 3GPP TS 55.205 to C code.