diff --git a/installation/patch/python2to3.sh b/installation/patch/python2to3.sh
index 1d86b0ce7..07eed0e1e 100755
--- a/installation/patch/python2to3.sh
+++ b/installation/patch/python2to3.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 if [ $1x != 3to2x ]; then
   echo 'python2.7 to python'
-  find . -name '*.py' | xargs sed -i 's/usr\/bin\/env python2.7/usr\/bin\/env python/g'
+  find . -name '*.py' -type f | xargs sed -i 's/usr\/bin\/env python2.7/usr\/bin\/env python/g'
 else
   echo 'python to python2.7'
-  find . -name '*.py' | xargs sed -i 's/usr\/bin\/env python/usr\/bin\/env python2.7/g'
+  find . -name '*.py' -type f | xargs sed -i 's/usr\/bin\/env python/usr\/bin\/env python2.7/g'
 fi