diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f7cd376e52..1bdc7fd69b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ if test -n "$gdb_bin"; then
     gdb_version=$($gdb_bin --version | head -n 1)
     if version_ge ${gdb_version##* } 9.1; then
         echo "HAVE_GDB_BIN=$gdb_bin" >> $config_host_mak
-        gdb_arches=$("$source_path/scripts/probe-gdb-support.py" $gdb_bin)
+        gdb_arches=$($python "$source_path/scripts/probe-gdb-support.py" $gdb_bin)
     else
         gdb_bin=""
     fi
diff --git a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.py b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/scripts/modinfo-collect.py b/scripts/modinfo-collect.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/scripts/modinfo-generate.py b/scripts/modinfo-generate.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/scripts/probe-gdb-support.py b/scripts/probe-gdb-support.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644