diff --git a/tools/Makefile.am b/tools/Makefile.am
index 2b2ace33..6ad8258b 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.am
+++ b/tools/Makefile.am
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ bin_SCRIPTS = \
 	batch_rubber_sheet \
 	batch_crop \
 	vipsprofile \
-	vips-8.10
+	vips-8.11
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
 	vipsprofile \
-	vips-8.10 \
+	vips-8.11 \
 	light_correct.in \
 	shrink_width.in \
 	batch_image_convert.in \
diff --git a/tools/vips-8.10 b/tools/vips-8.11
similarity index 97%
rename from tools/vips-8.10
rename to tools/vips-8.11
index c24c839c..3fa1f31e 100755
--- a/tools/vips-8.10
+++ b/tools/vips-8.11
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ prepend_var $libvar $VIPSHOME/lib
 prepend_var PATH $VIPSHOME/bin
 prepend_var PKG_CONFIG_PATH $VIPSHOME/lib/pkgconfig
 prepend_var GI_TYPELIB_PATH $VIPSHOME/lib/girepository-1.0
-prepend_var PYTHONPATH $VIPSHOME/lib/python2.7/site-packages
 
 # run, passing in args we were passed
 exec $*