diff --git a/finance/quickfix/Makefile b/finance/quickfix/Makefile
index a8249e7aed..407a11bc53 100644
--- a/finance/quickfix/Makefile
+++ b/finance/quickfix/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
 SHEBANG_FILES=	examples/tradeclientgui/banzai/build.sh
 HAS_CONFIGURE=	yes
 CONFIGURE_ENV=	CXX=${CXX} CC=${CC} LIBS=-L${LOCALBASE}/lib/
-CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-python --without-python3
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+=	--without-python2
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	MYSQL PGSQL PYTHON RUBY JAVA
 OPTIONS_DEFAULT=	MYSQL
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ PGSQL_USES=	pgsql
 PGSQL_CONFIGURE_WITH=	postgresql
 MYSQL_USES=	mysql
 MYSQL_CONFIGURE_WITH=	mysql
-PYTHON_USES=	python:2.7
-PYTHON_CONFIGURE_WITH=	python2
+PYTHON_USES=	python:3.7
+PYTHON_CONFIGURE_WITH=	python3
 RUBY_USE=	ruby=yes
 RUBY_CONFIGURE_WITH=	ruby
 RUBY_LIB_DEPENDS+=libunwind.so:devel/libunwind
diff --git a/finance/quickfix/files/patch-m4_ax__python.m4 b/finance/quickfix/files/patch-m4_ax__python.m4
index 8e3dbc3976..89e73ecf51 100644
--- a/finance/quickfix/files/patch-m4_ax__python.m4
+++ b/finance/quickfix/files/patch-m4_ax__python.m4
@@ -16,28 +16,16 @@
      has_python3=false
  )
  
-@@ -44,20 +47,20 @@ AC_SUBST(PYTHON3_PREFIX)
- 
- if test $has_python2 = true
- then
--    PYTHON2_INCLUDE_PATH=[`python2 -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print( sysconfig.get_python_inc(1) )'`]
-+    PYTHON2_INCLUDE_PATH=[`python2.7 -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print( sysconfig.get_python_inc(1) )'`]
-     PYTHON2_CFLAGS="-I${PYTHON2_INCLUDE_PATH}"
-     AC_SUBST(PYTHON2_CFLAGS)
--    PYTHON2_SITE_PACKAGES=[`python2 -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print( sysconfig.get_python_lib(1) )'`]
-+    PYTHON2_SITE_PACKAGES=[`python2.7 -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print( sysconfig.get_python_lib(1) )'`]
-     AC_SUBST(PYTHON2_SITE_PACKAGES)
-     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PYTHON2, 1, Define if you have python2)
- fi
+@@ -54,10 +57,10 @@ fi
  
  if test $has_python3 = true
  then
 -    PYTHON3_INCLUDE_PATH=[`python3 -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print( sysconfig.get_python_inc(1) )'`]
-+    PYTHON3_INCLUDE_PATH=[`python3.6 -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print( sysconfig.get_python_inc(1) )'`]
++    PYTHON3_INCLUDE_PATH=[`python3.7 -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print( sysconfig.get_python_inc(1) )'`]
      PYTHON3_CFLAGS="-I${PYTHON3_INCLUDE_PATH}"
      AC_SUBST(PYTHON3_CFLAGS)
 -    PYTHON3_SITE_PACKAGES=[`python3 -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print( sysconfig.get_python_lib(1) )'`]
-+    PYTHON3_SITE_PACKAGES=[`python3.6 -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print( sysconfig.get_python_lib(1) )'`]
++    PYTHON3_SITE_PACKAGES=[`python3.7 -c 'from distutils import sysconfig; print( sysconfig.get_python_lib(1) )'`]
      AC_SUBST(PYTHON3_SITE_PACKAGES)
      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PYTHON3, 1, Define if you have python3)
  fi