diff --git a/build-script-helper.py b/build-script-helper.py
index de56786a78..669821edda 100755
--- a/build-script-helper.py
+++ b/build-script-helper.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 """
  This source file is part of the Swift.org open source project
 
- Copyright (c) 2021 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
+ Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
  Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
 
  See https://swift.org/LICENSE.txt for license information
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ def run(args):
       printerr('Executing: %s' % ' '.join(e.cmd))
       sys.exit(1)
 
-  output_dir = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(args.build_dir, args.configuration))
-
   if should_run_action('generate-xcodeproj', args.build_actions):
     print("** Generating Xcode project for %s **" % package_name)
     try: