diff --git a/layers/+lang/python/local/pylookup/makefile b/layers/+lang/python/local/pylookup/makefile
index 109ee3939..de7f495f7 100644
--- a/layers/+lang/python/local/pylookup/makefile
+++ b/layers/+lang/python/local/pylookup/makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 VER := $(shell python --version 2>&1 | grep -o "[0-9].[0-9].[0-9]*")
-MAJOR_VERSION = $(shell python -version 2>&1 | grep -o "Python [0-9]")
+MAJOR_VERSION = $(shell python --version 2>&1 | grep -o "Python [0-9]" | grep -o "[0-9]")
 ZIP := python-${VER}-docs-html.zip
-URL := http://docs.python.org/py3k/archives/${ZIP}
-URL2:= http://docs.python.org/archives/${ZIP}
+URL := https://docs.python.org/2/archives/${ZIP}
+URL2:= https://docs.python.org/3/archives/${ZIP}
 
 ifneq (2,${MAJOR_VERSION})
 	URL := ${URL2}