diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a77a37..b8b5cef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@
 		DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/clc )
 endif()
 
-find_program( PYTHON python )
+find_package( Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter )
 file( TO_CMAKE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/generic/lib/gen_convert.py script_loc )
 add_custom_command(
 	OUTPUT convert.cl
-	COMMAND ${PYTHON} ${script_loc} > convert.cl
+	COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${script_loc} > convert.cl
 	DEPENDS ${script_loc} )
 add_custom_target( "generate_convert.cl" DEPENDS convert.cl )
 
diff --git a/generic/lib/gen_convert.py b/generic/lib/gen_convert.py
index 5c87fcb..7e649fa 100644
--- a/generic/lib/gen_convert.py
+++ b/generic/lib/gen_convert.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
 # OpenCL built-in library: type conversion functions
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Victor Oliveira <victormatheus@gmail.com>