diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/get.py b/pisi/actionsapi/get.py
index 218ba8bf..4bb491be 100644
--- a/pisi/actionsapi/get.py
+++ b/pisi/actionsapi/get.py
@@ -43,9 +43,14 @@ def curKERNEL():
     versionString = file("/proc/version").readline()
     return versionString.split()[2]
 
+#FIXME: misleading name, what does this mean?
+#we want the "pythonlibdir"
 def curPYTHON():
     ''' returns currently used python's version'''
-    return os.path.basename(os.readlink("/usr/bin/python"))
+    # the method of reading symlink name was totally lame :) -- exa
+    import sys
+    (a, b, c, x, y) = sys.version_info
+    return 'python%s.%s' % (a, b)
 
 def ENV(environ):
     '''returns any given environ variable'''