Index: line_profiler-5.0.0/line_profiler/cli_utils.py
===================================================================
--- line_profiler-5.0.0.orig/line_profiler/cli_utils.py
+++ line_profiler-5.0.0/line_profiler/cli_utils.py
@@ -188,9 +188,7 @@ def get_python_executable():
             Command or path thereto corresponding to
             :py:data:`sys.executable`.
     """
-    if os.path.samefile(shutil.which('python'), sys.executable):
-        return 'python'
-    elif os.path.samefile(shutil.which('python3'), sys.executable):
+    if os.path.samefile(shutil.which('python3'), sys.executable):
         return 'python3'
     else:
         return short_string_path(sys.executable)
Index: line_profiler-5.0.0/tests/test_kernprof.py
===================================================================
--- line_profiler-5.0.0.orig/tests/test_kernprof.py
+++ line_profiler-5.0.0/tests/test_kernprof.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ def test_kernprof_sys_restoration(capsys
       {'^Output to stdout': True,
        r"^Wrote .* '.*script\.py\.lprof'": True,
        r'^Inspect results with:''\n'
-       r'python -m line_profiler .*script\.py\.lprof': True,
+       r'.*python.* -m line_profiler .*script\.py\.lprof': True,
        r'line_profiler\.autoprofile\.autoprofile'
        r'\.run\(\n(?:.+,\n)*.*\)': False,
        r'^\[kernprof .*\]': False,
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ def test_kernprof_sys_restoration(capsys
       {'^Output to stdout': True,
        r"^Wrote .* '.*script\.py\.lprof'": True,
        r'^Inspect results with:''\n'
-       r'python -m line_profiler .*script\.py\.lprof': False,
+       r'.*python.* -m line_profiler .*script\.py\.lprof': False,
        r'line_profiler\.autoprofile\.autoprofile'
        r'\.run\(\n(?:.+,\n)*.*\)': False,
        r'^\[kernprof .*\]': False,
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ def test_kernprof_sys_restoration(capsys
       {'^Output to stdout': True,
        r"^\[kernprof .*\] Wrote .* '.*script\.py\.lprof'": True,
        r'Inspect results with:''\n'
-       r'python -m line_profiler .*script\.py\.lprof': False,
+       r'.*python.* -m line_profiler .*script\.py\.lprof': False,
        r'line_profiler\.autoprofile\.autoprofile'
        r'\.run\(\n(?:.+,\n)*.*\)': True,
        r'^Function: main': True},