diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/all b/inventory/group_vars/all
index f2293dbd19..2cf8177559 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/all
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/all
@@ -319,3 +319,8 @@ sshd_sftp: false
 # Autodetect python version
 #
 #ansible_python_interpreter: auto
+
+#
+# python2 is the default
+#
+ansible_python_interpreter: "/usr/bin/python2"