diff --git a/bin/find-spark-home b/bin/find-spark-home
index 617dbaa4fff86..e660493576a02 100755
--- a/bin/find-spark-home
+++ b/bin/find-spark-home
@@ -34,8 +34,5 @@ elif [ ! -f "$FIND_SPARK_HOME_PYTHON_SCRIPT" ]; then
 else
   # We are pip installed, use the Python script to resolve a reasonable SPARK_HOME
   # Default to standard python interpreter unless told otherwise
-  if [[ -z "$PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON" ]]; then
-     PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON="${PYSPARK_PYTHON:-"python"}"
-  fi
-  export SPARK_HOME=$($PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON "$FIND_SPARK_HOME_PYTHON_SCRIPT")
+  export SPARK_HOME=$(${PYSPARK_PYTHON:-"python"} "$FIND_SPARK_HOME_PYTHON_SCRIPT")
 fi