diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43409620a0..49857eee46 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -614,10 +614,6 @@ if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
     set(PYTHON_PACKAGES_PATH "${PYTHON_PATH}/Lib/site-packages")
 endif()
 
-IF ("${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR}" VERSION_GREATER 2.4)
-    SET(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -B)
-ENDIF()
-
 # Attempt to discover the NumPy include directory. If this succeeds, then build python API with NumPy
 execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "import os; os.environ['DISTUTILS_USE_SDK']='1'; import numpy.distutils; print numpy.distutils.misc_util.get_numpy_include_dirs()[0]"
             RESULT_VARIABLE PYTHON_NUMPY_PROCESS