diff --git a/templates/common/build_python_environment.sh b/templates/common/build_python_environment.sh
index 9908eb84915ad8b36c6385fd5e0e9b52d6e8331b..d64d8d274590c78f7312337dbdae10d375eef345 100644
--- a/templates/common/build_python_environment.sh
+++ b/templates/common/build_python_environment.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Load the python module
-spack load python@3.8:
+spack load python
 
 PYTHON_ENVIRONMENT_FOLDER=%python_environment.folder_name%