diff --git a/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp b/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp
index fdbac3bd1af8aa..3ccfe07df70bac 100644
--- a/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp
+++ b/tools/v8_gypfiles/v8.gyp
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@
             }],
           ],
           'action': [
-            'python', '<(V8_ROOT)/tools/testrunner/utils/dump_build_config_gyp.py',
+            '<(python)', '<(V8_ROOT)/tools/testrunner/utils/dump_build_config_gyp.py',
             '<@(v8_dump_build_config_args)',
           ],
         },
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/debug-support.cc',
           ],
           'action': [
-            'python',
+            '<(python)',
             '<(V8_ROOT)/tools/gen-postmortem-metadata.py',
             '<@(_outputs)',
             '<@(heapobject_files)'