diff --git a/Formula/cxxtest.rb b/Formula/cxxtest.rb
index 3cbb3519d6..0a547e0e1b 100644
--- a/Formula/cxxtest.rb
+++ b/Formula/cxxtest.rb
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ class Cxxtest < Formula
     sha256 "de1e98e94198507c65ecb17ae240b995ae8f03dadeafbde27bb704df2e10737c" => :mountain_lion
   end
 
-  depends_on "python@2"
+  depends_on "python"
 
   def install
-    ENV["PYTHONPATH"] = lib+"python2.7/site-packages"
-    ENV.prepend_create_path "PYTHONPATH", lib+"python2.7/site-packages"
+    xy = Language::Python.major_minor_version "python3"
+    ENV.prepend_create_path "PYTHONPATH", lib/"python#{xy}/site-packages"
 
     cd "./python" do
-      system "python", *Language::Python.setup_install_args(prefix)
+      system "python3", *Language::Python.setup_install_args(prefix)
     end
 
-    bin.env_script_all_files(libexec+"bin", :PYTHONPATH => ENV["PYTHONPATH"])
+    bin.env_script_all_files(libexec/"bin", :PYTHONPATH => ENV["PYTHONPATH"])
 
     include.install "cxxtest"
     doc.install Dir["doc/*"]