--- a/cmake/OpenCVDetectPython.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVDetectPython.cmake
@@ -268,21 +268,6 @@ if(OPENCV_PYTHON_SKIP_DETECTION)
   return()
 endif()
 
-ocv_check_environment_variables(OPENCV_ENABLE_PYTHON2)
-ocv_check_environment_variables(PYTHON2_EXECUTABLE)
-if((OPENCV_ENABLE_PYTHON2 OR PYTHON2_EXECUTABLE OR BUILD_opencv_python2)
-    AND NOT OPENCV_PYTHON2_SKIP_DETECTION
-)
-  find_python("" "${MIN_VER_PYTHON2}" PYTHON2_LIBRARY PYTHON2_INCLUDE_DIR
-    PYTHON2INTERP_FOUND PYTHON2_EXECUTABLE PYTHON2_VERSION_STRING
-    PYTHON2_VERSION_MAJOR PYTHON2_VERSION_MINOR PYTHON2LIBS_FOUND
-    PYTHON2LIBS_VERSION_STRING PYTHON2_LIBRARIES PYTHON2_LIBRARY
-    PYTHON2_DEBUG_LIBRARIES PYTHON2_LIBRARY_DEBUG PYTHON2_INCLUDE_PATH
-    PYTHON2_INCLUDE_DIR PYTHON2_INCLUDE_DIR2 PYTHON2_PACKAGES_PATH
-    PYTHON2_NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIRS PYTHON2_NUMPY_VERSION)
-endif()
-
-option(OPENCV_PYTHON3_VERSION "Python3 version" "")
 find_python("${OPENCV_PYTHON3_VERSION}" "${MIN_VER_PYTHON3}" PYTHON3_LIBRARY PYTHON3_INCLUDE_DIR
     PYTHON3INTERP_FOUND PYTHON3_EXECUTABLE PYTHON3_VERSION_STRING
     PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR PYTHON3_VERSION_MINOR PYTHON3LIBS_FOUND