diff --git a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
index e718fc7da6..47fbc7801b 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_find_acquire_program.cmake
@@ -66,31 +66,19 @@ function(vcpkg_find_acquire_program VAR)
     set(HASH 850b26be5bbbdaeaf45ac39dd27f69f1a85e600c35afbd16b9f621396b3c7a19863ea3ff316b025b578fce0a8280eef2203306a2b3e46ee1389abb65313fb720)
   elseif(VAR MATCHES "PYTHON3")
     set(PROGNAME python)
-    set(PATHS ${DOWNLOADS}/tools/python)
+    set(SUBDIR "python3")
+    set(PATHS ${DOWNLOADS}/tools/python/${SUBDIR})
     set(URL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.4/python-3.5.4-embed-win32.zip")
     set(ARCHIVE "python-3.5.4-embed-win32.zip")
     set(HASH b5240fdc95088c2d7f65d2dd598650f8dd106b49589d94156bd4a078b108c6cabbe7a38ef73e2b2cf00e8312a93d2e587eac2c54ce85540d3c7a26cc60013156)
   elseif(VAR MATCHES "PYTHON2")
-    find_program(PYTHON2 NAMES python2 python PATHS C:/python27 c:/Python27amd64 ENV PYTHON)
-    if(NOT PYTHON2 MATCHES "NOTFOUND")
-        execute_process(
-            COMMAND ${PYTHON2} --version
-            OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_VER_CHECK_OUT
-            ERROR_VARIABLE PYTHON_VER_CHECK_ERR
-        )
-        set(PYTHON_VER_CHECK "${PYTHON_VER_CHECK_OUT}${PYTHON_VER_CHECK_ERR}")
-        debug_message("PYTHON_VER_CHECK=${PYTHON_VER_CHECK}")
-        if(NOT PYTHON_VER_CHECK MATCHES "Python 2.7")
-            set(PYTHON2 PYTHON2-NOTFOUND)
-            find_program(PYTHON2 NAMES python2 python PATHS C:/python27 ENV PYTHON NO_SYSTEM_ENVIRONMENT_PATH)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-    if(PYTHON2 MATCHES "NOTFOUND")
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Python 2.7 was not found in the path or by searching inside C:\\Python27.\n"
-        "There is no portable redistributable for Python 2.7, so you will need to install the MSI located at:\n"
-        "    https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.13/python-2.7.13.msi\n"
-        )
-    endif()
+    set(PROGNAME python)
+    set(SUBDIR "python2")
+    set(PATHS ${DOWNLOADS}/tools/python/${SUBDIR})
+    file(TO_NATIVE_PATH "${PATHS}" DESTINATION_NATIVE_PATH)
+    set(URL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.14/python-2.7.14.msi")
+    set(ARCHIVE "python2.msi")
+    set(HASH 8c3ad6e527742d99ba96dcfd1098861b14e7207b80d51a54e9b410ab2f36e44e05561ea1527d8e92b3e10808311536260bd9e82db0da3b513fb1be18e108510e)
   elseif(VAR MATCHES "RUBY")
     set(PROGNAME "ruby")
     set(PATHS ${DOWNLOADS}/tools/ruby/rubyinstaller-2.4.1-1-x86/bin)