diff --git a/doc/devnotes.rst b/doc/devnotes.rst
index 0aa9898255ff26ffd95b3d11e97e811dfcf73f08..898d03a221f70188ba627ebd90b8a15c45013dba 100644
--- a/doc/devnotes.rst
+++ b/doc/devnotes.rst
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ Run the following command (only use ``PYTHON=...`` if you need to use a
 different python version)::
 
   ./autogen.sh && \
-  ./configure PYTHON=python2.4 \
-    --prefix=/usr/local --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
 
 
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