diff --git a/redo/whichpython.do b/redo/whichpython.do
index c3c4bcf..d5c54bb 100644
--- a/redo/whichpython.do
+++ b/redo/whichpython.do
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 exec >&2
-for py in python2.7 python2 python; do
+for py in intentionally-missing python2.7 python2 python; do
 	echo "Trying: $py"
-	cmd=$(command -v "$py")
+	cmd=$(command -v "$py" || true)
 	# intentionally using the 'print statement' (as opposed to print
 	# function) here, to rule out any python3 interpreters
 	out=$($cmd -c 'print "success"' 2>/dev/null) || true