diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index fb751b35..a7d4c3e3 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ void init_uwsgi_vars() {
 		PyDict_SetItemString(pysys_dict, "exec_prefix", venv_path);
 
 		venv_version[14] = 0 ;
-		if (snprintf(venv_version, 15, "%.*s/lib/python%d.%d", PY_MAJOR_VERSION, PY_MINOR_VERSION) == -1) {
+		if (snprintf(venv_version, 15, "/lib/python%d.%d", PY_MAJOR_VERSION, PY_MINOR_VERSION) == -1) {
 			return ;
 		}