diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c4b1d63bfec..206e30b2d98 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ AC_PATH_TOOL(RANLIB, ranlib)
 AC_PATH_TOOL(STRIP, strip)
 AC_PATH_TOOL(GCOV, gcov)
 AC_PATH_PROG(LCOV, lcov)
-dnl Python 3.x is supported from 3.4 on (see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/7893)
-AC_PATH_PROGS([PYTHON], [python3.7 python3.6 python3.5 python3.4 python3 python])
+dnl Python 3.4 is specified in .python-version and should be used if available, see doc/dependencies.md
+AC_PATH_PROGS([PYTHON], [python3.4 python3.5 python3.6 python3.7 python3 python])
 AC_PATH_PROG(GENHTML, genhtml)
 AC_PATH_PROG([GIT], [git])
 AC_PATH_PROG(CCACHE,ccache)