diff --git a/packages/boost/build.sh b/packages/boost/build.sh
index da50bd15b0..d559e25b48 100644
--- a/packages/boost/build.sh
+++ b/packages/boost/build.sh
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ termux_step_make_install() {
 
 	CC= CXX= LDFLAGS= CXXFLAGS= ./bootstrap.sh
 	echo "using clang : $TERMUX_ARCH : $CXX : <linkflags>-L$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib ; " >> project-config.jam
-	local _PYTHON_VERSION=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/python/build.sh; echo $_MAJOR_VERSION)
-	echo "using python : ${_PYTHON_VERSION} : $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/python3 : $TERMUX_PREFIX/include/python${_PYTHON_VERSION} : $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib ;" >> project-config.jam
+	echo "using python : ${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION} : $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/python3 : $TERMUX_PREFIX/include/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION} : $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib ;" >> project-config.jam
 
 	if [ "$TERMUX_ARCH" = arm ] || [ "$TERMUX_ARCH" = aarch64 ]; then
 		BOOSTARCH=arm
diff --git a/packages/libllvm/build.sh b/packages/libllvm/build.sh
index 5cfcad933a..1d23c8d85c 100644
--- a/packages/libllvm/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libllvm/build.sh
@@ -20,11 +20,10 @@ TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="gcc, clang (<< 3.9.1-3)"
 TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="libclang, libclang-dev, libllvm-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="gcc, libclang, libclang-dev, libllvm-dev"
 TERMUX_PKG_GROUPS="base-devel"
-_PYTHON_VERSION=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/python/build.sh; echo $_MAJOR_VERSION)
 # See http://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html:
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 -DANDROID_PLATFORM_LEVEL=$TERMUX_PKG_API_LEVEL
--DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(command -v python${_PYTHON_VERSION})
+-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(command -v python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION})
 -DLLVM_ENABLE_PIC=ON
 -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS=clang;clang-tools-extra;compiler-rt;lld;lldb;mlir;openmp;polly
 -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBEDIT=OFF
@@ -37,9 +36,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 -DDEFAULT_SYSROOT=$(dirname $TERMUX_PREFIX/)
 -DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=ON
 -DLLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON=ON
--DLLDB_PYTHON_RELATIVE_PATH=lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
--DLLDB_PYTHON_EXE_RELATIVE_PATH=bin/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}
--DLLDB_PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX=.cpython-${_PYTHON_VERSION}.so
+-DLLDB_PYTHON_RELATIVE_PATH=lib/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
+-DLLDB_PYTHON_EXE_RELATIVE_PATH=bin/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}
+-DLLDB_PYTHON_EXT_SUFFIX=.cpython-${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}.so
 -DCLANG_TABLEGEN=$TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR/bin/clang-tblgen
 -DCLANG_PSEUDO_GEN=$TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR/bin/clang-pseudo-gen
 -DCLANG_TIDY_CONFUSABLE_CHARS_GEN=$TERMUX_PKG_HOSTBUILD_DIR/bin/clang-tidy-confusable-chars-gen
diff --git a/packages/libllvm/lldb.subpackage.sh b/packages/libllvm/lldb.subpackage.sh
index a5af6bb5c7..50cb2664ec 100644
--- a/packages/libllvm/lldb.subpackage.sh
+++ b/packages/libllvm/lldb.subpackage.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ TERMUX_SUBPKG_INCLUDE="
 bin/lldb*
 include/lldb/
 lib/liblldb.so
-lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
+lib/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
 "
 TERMUX_SUBPKG_DESCRIPTION="LLVM-based debugger"
 TERMUX_SUBPKG_DEPENDS="libc++, libedit, libxml2, python, ncurses-ui-libs"
diff --git a/packages/libsearpc/build.sh b/packages/libsearpc/build.sh
index 5a9a1a9733..7e9ecdc71d 100644
--- a/packages/libsearpc/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libsearpc/build.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="libsearpc-dev"
 
 termux_step_post_get_source() {
 	./autogen.sh
-	local _PYTHON_VERSION=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/python/build.sh; echo $_MAJOR_VERSION)
-	export PYTHON="python${_PYTHON_VERSION}"
+	export PYTHON="python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}"
 }
diff --git a/packages/uftrace/build.sh b/packages/uftrace/build.sh
index 5ed83233ae..b80364cca6 100644
--- a/packages/uftrace/build.sh
+++ b/packages/uftrace/build.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.13
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/namhyung/uftrace/archive/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=cffae82c68446c20cc3c7e87e71e57498805767a0d4085b4846f3c49f9e472d9
-# Hardcoded libpython${_PYTHON_VERSION}.so is dlopen(3)ed by uftrace.
-# Please revbump and rebuild when bumping _PYTHON_VERSION, where
-# _PYTHON_VERSION == _MAJOR_VERSION in build.sh of python package.
+# Hardcoded libpython${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}.so is dlopen(3)ed by uftrace.
+# Please revbump and rebuild when bumping TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION.
 # libandroid-{execinfo,spawn} are dlopen(3)ed.
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="capstone, libandroid-execinfo, libandroid-glob, libandroid-spawn, libc++, libdw, libelf, libluajit, ncurses, python"
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
diff --git a/packages/uwsgi/build.sh b/packages/uwsgi/build.sh
index aa67715d41..e291d66bbd 100644
--- a/packages/uwsgi/build.sh
+++ b/packages/uwsgi/build.sh
@@ -16,15 +16,14 @@ termux_step_post_get_source() {
 }
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	_PYTHON_VERSION=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/python/build.sh; echo $_MAJOR_VERSION)
 	export UWSGI_PYTHON_NOLIB=true
 	export UWSGI_INCLUDES="$TERMUX_PREFIX/include"
 	export APPEND_CFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS
-		-I$TERMUX_PREFIX/include/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}
+		-I$TERMUX_PREFIX/include/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}
 		-DOBSOLETE_LINUX_KERNEL
 		"
 	LDFLAGS+="
-		-lpython${_PYTHON_VERSION}
+		-lpython${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}
 		-landroid-glob
 		-landroid-sysv-semaphore
 		"
diff --git a/packages/vim-python/build.sh b/packages/vim-python/build.sh
index 9c39d6691f..017e42ef65 100644
--- a/packages/vim-python/build.sh
+++ b/packages/vim-python/build.sh
@@ -39,19 +39,18 @@ TERMUX_PKG_CONFFILES="share/vim/vimrc"
 
 # vim-python:
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="vim"
-_PYTHON_VERSION=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/python/build.sh; echo $_MAJOR_VERSION)
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS+="
 vi_cv_path_python3_pfx=$TERMUX_PREFIX
 vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags=
-vi_cv_var_python3_version=${_PYTHON_VERSION}
+vi_cv_var_python3_version=${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}
 --enable-python3interp
---with-python3-config-dir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/config-${_PYTHON_VERSION}/
+--with-python3-config-dir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}/config-${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}/
 "
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION+=" - with python support"
 # Remove share/vim/vim90 which is in vim-runtime built as a subpackage of vim:
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL+=" share/vim/vim90"
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
-	CPPFLAGS+=" -I${TERMUX_PREFIX}/include/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}"
+	CPPFLAGS+=" -I${TERMUX_PREFIX}/include/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}"
 }
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
diff --git a/packages/xcb-proto/build.sh b/packages/xcb-proto/build.sh
index 78f48f60f3..53e48f6689 100644
--- a/packages/xcb-proto/build.sh
+++ b/packages/xcb-proto/build.sh
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=7072beb1f680a2fe3f9e535b797c146d22528990c72f63ddb49d2f350a3653
 TERMUX_PKG_PLATFORM_INDEPENDENT=true
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="xcbproto"
 TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="xcbproto"
-_PYTHON_VERSION=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/python/build.sh; echo $_MAJOR_VERSION)
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
-PYTHON=python${_PYTHON_VERSION}
-am_cv_python_pythondir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
+PYTHON=python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}
+am_cv_python_pythondir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages
 "
diff --git a/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh b/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh
index 0289db0a04..e377dedcee 100644
--- a/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh
+++ b/x11-packages/vim-gtk/build.sh
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="gdk-pixbuf, glib, gtk3, libcairo, libcanberra, libice, libic
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFLICTS="vim, vim-python, vim-runtime"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
 
-_PYTHON_VERSION=$(. $TERMUX_SCRIPTDIR/packages/python/build.sh; echo $_MAJOR_VERSION)
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 ac_cv_small_wchar_t=no
 ac_cv_path_vi_cv_path_plain_lua=lua5.2
 vi_cv_path_python3_pfx=$TERMUX_PREFIX
 vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags=
-vi_cv_var_python3_version=${_PYTHON_VERSION}
+vi_cv_var_python3_version=${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}
 vim_cv_getcwd_broken=no
 vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap=yes
 vim_cv_stat_ignores_slash=no
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ vim_cv_tty_group=world
 --enable-python3interp
 --with-features=huge
 --with-lua-prefix=$TERMUX_PREFIX
---with-python3-config-dir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${_PYTHON_VERSION}/config-${_PYTHON_VERSION}/
+--with-python3-config-dir=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/python${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}/config-${TERMUX_PYTHON_VERSION}/
 --with-tlib=ncursesw
 --with-x"