diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d81764b72..c03a649f6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ get_filename_component(third_party_loc "Telegram/ThirdParty" REALPATH)
 get_filename_component(submodules_loc "Telegram" REALPATH)
 get_filename_component(cmake_helpers_loc "cmake" REALPATH)
 
+if (NOT DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED AND WIN32)
+    set(Python_EXECUTABLE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../ThirdParty/python/Scripts/python)
+endif()
+
 include(cmake/variables.cmake)
 include(cmake/nice_target_sources.cmake)
 include(cmake/target_compile_options_if_exists.cmake)
diff --git a/Telegram/configure.bat b/Telegram/configure.bat
index 75851b78e..85b9ddeba 100644
--- a/Telegram/configure.bat
+++ b/Telegram/configure.bat
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
 set "FullScriptPath=%~dp0"
 
-call %FullScriptPath%..\..\ThirdParty\python\Scripts\activate.bat
 python %FullScriptPath%configure.py %*
 if %errorlevel% neq 0 goto error