diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/newt b/config/rootfiles/common/newt
index 5cc993d51..d07b984b1 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/newt
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/newt
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ usr/bin/whiptail
 usr/lib/libnewt.so.0.52
 usr/lib/libnewt.so.0.52.21
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libnewt.pc
-#usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/_snack.so
-#usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/snack.py
 #usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_snack.so
 #usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/snack.py
 #usr/share/locale/ar
diff --git a/lfs/newt b/lfs/newt
index d7ba62866..ca24b21b2 100644
--- a/lfs/newt
+++ b/lfs/newt
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ $(subst %,%_MD5,$(objects)) :
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure --prefix=/usr \
-		--without-gpm-support --without-tcl
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure 		\
+			--prefix=/usr 		\
+			--without-gpm-support 	\
+			--without-tcl 		\
+			--with-python=python3.8
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP)