diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/language/python.rb b/Library/Homebrew/language/python.rb
index c41e22b5ce..903e1317d5 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/language/python.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/language/python.rb
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ module Language
           @venv_root.find do |f|
             next unless f.symlink?
             next unless (rp = f.realpath.to_s).start_with? HOMEBREW_CELLAR
-            python = rp.include?("python2") ? "python2" : "python"
+            python = rp.include?("python@2") ? "python@2" : "python"
             new_target = rp.sub %r{#{HOMEBREW_CELLAR}/#{python}/[^/]+}, Formula[python].opt_prefix
             f.unlink
             f.make_symlink new_target
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ module Language
 
           Pathname.glob(@venv_root/"lib/python*/orig-prefix.txt").each do |prefix_file|
             prefix_path = prefix_file.read
-            python = prefix_path.include?("python2") ? "python2" : "python"
+            python = prefix_path.include?("python@2") ? "python@2" : "python"
             prefix_path.sub! %r{^#{HOMEBREW_CELLAR}/#{python}/[^/]+}, Formula[python].opt_prefix
             prefix_file.atomic_write prefix_path
           end