diff --git a/tests/test-smoke-test.t b/tests/test-smoke-test.t
index 61d17b63e5d5fbabdf76e3ec271f0f9310f0b478_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1zbW9rZS10ZXN0LnQ=..6485b3f713c51a870ba1b6d3affe46193beb2646_dGVzdHMvdGVzdC1zbW9rZS10ZXN0LnQ= 100644
--- a/tests/test-smoke-test.t
+++ b/tests/test-smoke-test.t
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
   + make local --silent 'PURE=--pure --quiet'
   + repofiles=./default.repos
   + '[' -e ./local.repos ']'
-  + ./script/setup-repos ./default.repos ./repos
+  + $PYTHON ./script/setup-repos ./default.repos ./repos
   2 repositories to setup in $TESTTMP/test-asv/repos
   Setting up reference repository: smoke-test-A-11eb1fef
     main reference