diff --git a/export.fish b/export.fish
index 755aacf0d1..8944c598ad 100644
--- a/export.fish
+++ b/export.fish
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function __main
     set -x PATH "$IDF_ADD_PATHS_EXTRAS":"$PATH"
 
     echo "Checking if Python packages are up to date..."
-    python "$IDF_PATH"/tools/idf_tools.py check-python-dependencies || return 1
+    "$ESP_PYTHON" "$IDF_PATH"/tools/idf_tools.py check-python-dependencies || return 1
 
     set added_path_variables
     for entry in $PATH;
diff --git a/export.sh b/export.sh
index 9eefa41549..259b1b965a 100644
--- a/export.sh
+++ b/export.sh
@@ -134,9 +134,8 @@ __main() {
     eval "${idf_exports}"
     export PATH="${IDF_ADD_PATHS_EXTRAS}:${PATH}"
 
-    __verbose "Using Python interpreter in $(which python)"
     __verbose "Checking if Python packages are up to date..."
-    python "${IDF_PATH}/tools/idf_tools.py" check-python-dependencies || return 1
+    "$ESP_PYTHON" "${IDF_PATH}/tools/idf_tools.py" check-python-dependencies || return 1
 
     if [ -n "$BASH" ]
     then