diff --git a/Ports/python3/package.sh b/Ports/python3/package.sh
index 5ad82ee6423..2b03a290c35 100755
--- a/Ports/python3/package.sh
+++ b/Ports/python3/package.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 source version.sh
 
+export PATH="${SERENITY_SOURCE_DIR}/Toolchain/Local/python/bin:${PATH}"
+
 port=python3
 version="${PYTHON_VERSION}"
 workdir="Python-${version}"
diff --git a/Toolchain/BuildPython.sh b/Toolchain/BuildPython.sh
index 0fb35f27491..a988d5ecda5 100755
--- a/Toolchain/BuildPython.sh
+++ b/Toolchain/BuildPython.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ set -e
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
-ARCH=${ARCH:-"i686"}
-PREFIX_DIR="$DIR/Local/$ARCH"
-BUILD_DIR="$DIR/Build/$ARCH"
+PREFIX_DIR="$DIR/Local/python"
+BUILD_DIR="$DIR/Build/python"
 TARBALLS_DIR="$DIR/Tarballs"
 
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
@@ -42,9 +41,9 @@ if [ -z "$MAKEJOBS" ]; then
 fi
 
 mkdir -p "${PREFIX_DIR}"
-mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}/python"
+mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}"
 
-pushd "${BUILD_DIR}/python"
+pushd "${BUILD_DIR}"
     "${TARBALLS_DIR}"/Python-"${PYTHON_VERSION}"/configure --prefix="${PREFIX_DIR}"
     make -j "${MAKEJOBS}"
     make install