diff --git a/test/03_before_build/environment.json b/test/03_before_build/environment.json
index 75074513..3e9108ea 100644
--- a/test/03_before_build/environment.json
+++ b/test/03_before_build/environment.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD": "{python} -c \"import sys; open('/tmp/pythonversion.txt', 'w').write(sys.version)\" && {python} -c \"import sys; open('/tmp/pythonexecutable.txt', 'w').write(sys.executable)\"",
-    "CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_WINDOWS": "{python} -c \"import sys; open('c:\\pythonversion.txt', 'w').write(sys.version)\" && {python} -c \"import sys; open('c:\\pythonexecutable.txt', 'w').write(sys.executable)\""
+    "CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD": "python -c \"import sys; open('/tmp/pythonversion.txt', 'w').write(sys.version)\" && python -c \"import sys; open('/tmp/pythonexecutable.txt', 'w').write(sys.executable)\"",
+    "CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD_WINDOWS": "python -c \"import sys; open('c:\\pythonversion.txt', 'w').write(sys.version)\" && python -c \"import sys; open('c:\\pythonexecutable.txt', 'w').write(sys.executable)\""
 }