diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/PyGhidra/build.gradle b/Ghidra/Features/PyGhidra/build.gradle
index dead56a036..d2647bbc16 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/PyGhidra/build.gradle
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/PyGhidra/build.gradle
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ task installEditablePyGhidra(type: Exec) {
 	commandLine "$PYTHON3_VENV", "-m", "pip", "install", "-e", "src/main/py", "--no-index", "-f", "$dir"
 }
 
-if (findPython3(false)) {
+if (findPython3(false, false)) {
 	rootProject.prepDev.dependsOn installEditablePyGhidra
 }
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 754a98c949..818ea8fecb 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ if ("32".equals(System.getProperty("sun.arch.data.model"))) {
  * Identify supported Python command
  ***************************************************************************************/
 project.ext.SUPPORTED_PY_VERSIONS = ['3.12', '3.11', '3.10', '3.9']
-project.ext.PYTHON3 = findPython3(true)
+project.ext.PYTHON3 = findPython3(true, true)
 project.ext.PYTHON_DEPS = new HashSet<String>()
 
 /*********************************************************************************
@@ -160,11 +160,12 @@ def checkGradleVersion() {
  * Although warnings may be produced no exception is thrown since python only required
  * for specific build tasks and is not required for prepdev
  *********************************************************************************/
-def checkPythonVersion(String pyCmd) {
+def checkPythonVersion(List<String> pyCmd) {
 	try {
 		def stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
 		exec {
-			commandLine pyCmd, "-c", "import sys; print('{0}.{1}'.format(*sys.version_info))"
+			commandLine pyCmd
+			args "-c", "import sys; print('{0}.{1}'.format(*sys.version_info))"
 			standardOutput = stdout
 			errorOutput = OutputStream.nullOutputStream()
 		}
@@ -176,49 +177,53 @@ def checkPythonVersion(String pyCmd) {
 	}
 }
 
-def checkPip(String pyCmd) {
+def checkPip(List<String> pyCmd, boolean shouldPrint) {
 	try {
 		def stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
 		exec {
-			commandLine pyCmd, "-c", "import pip; print(pip.__version__)"
+			commandLine pyCmd
+			args "-c", "import pip; print(pip.__version__)"
 			standardOutput = stdout
 			errorOutput = OutputStream.nullOutputStream()
 		}
 		def version = "$stdout".strip();
-		if (version.length() == 0) {
-			println("Warning: Python3 pip not installed (required for build)")
-		}
-		else {
-			println("Python3 pip version: ${version}")
+		if (shouldPrint) {
+			if (version.length() == 0) {
+				println("Warning: Python3 pip not installed (required for build)")
+			}
+			else {
+				println("Python3 pip version: ${version}")
+			}
 		}
 		return version
 	}
 	catch (Exception e) {
-		println("Warning: Python3 pip not installed (required for build)")
+		if (shouldPrint) {
+			println("Warning: Python3 pip not installed (required for build)")
+		}
 	}
 }
 
-def findPython3(boolean useDefault) {
-	for (pyCmd in ['py', 'python3', 'python']) {
+def findPython3(boolean useDefault, boolean shouldPrint) {
+	def pyCmds = [['py'], ['python3'], ['python']]
+	pyCmds += SUPPORTED_PY_VERSIONS.collectMany { [["python$it"], ["py", "-$it"]] }
+	for (pyCmd in pyCmds) {	
 		def pyVer = checkPythonVersion(pyCmd)
 		if (pyVer in SUPPORTED_PY_VERSIONS) {
-			println("Python3 command:  ${pyCmd} (version ${pyVer})")
-			checkPip(pyCmd)
-			return pyCmd
-		}
-	}
-	for (pyVer in SUPPORTED_PY_VERSIONS) {
-		def pyCmd = "python${pyVer}"
-		if (checkPythonVersion(pyCmd) in SUPPORTED_PY_VERSIONS) {
-			println("Python3 command:  ${pyCmd}")
-			checkPip(pyCmd)
+			if (shouldPrint) {
+				println("Python3 command: ${pyCmd} (version ${pyVer})")
+			}
+			checkPip(pyCmd, shouldPrint)
 			return pyCmd
 		}
 	}
+
 	// Don't fail until task execution. Just let "python3" fail.
 	// Force use of non-existent python3.9 instead of unsupported python version
 	// which should fail if a python build is performed.
-	println("Warning: Python3 command not found (required for build)")
+	if (shouldPrint) {
+		println("Warning: Supported Python ${SUPPORTED_PY_VERSIONS} not found (required for build)")
+	}
 	
 	return useDefault ? 'python3.9' : null
 }
diff --git a/gradle/hasPythonPackage.gradle b/gradle/hasPythonPackage.gradle
index 7f40010229..3755575dd8 100644
--- a/gradle/hasPythonPackage.gradle
+++ b/gradle/hasPythonPackage.gradle
@@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ task buildPyPackage {
 		File setuptools = project(":Debugger-rmi-trace").findPyDep(".")
 		exec {
 			workingDir { "build/pypkg" }
-			commandLine	rootProject.PYTHON3, "-m", "pip"
-			args "wheel", "-w", "dist/", "--no-index", "--no-deps"
-			args "-f", setuptools
-			args "."
+			commandLine rootProject.PYTHON3
+			args "-m", "pip", "wheel", "-w", "dist/", "--no-index", "--no-deps", "-f", setuptools, "."
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/gradle/root/venv.gradle b/gradle/root/venv.gradle
index 29a292847d..c20bdd54a8 100644
--- a/gradle/root/venv.gradle
+++ b/gradle/root/venv.gradle
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@ task createPythonVirtualEnvironment(type: Exec) {
 	project.ext.PYTHON3_VENV = "${rootProject.projectDir}/${venvDir}/${binDir}/python${suffix}"
 	project.ext.PIP3_VENV = "${rootProject.projectDir}/${venvDir}/${binDir}/pip${suffix}"
 
-	commandLine	rootProject.PYTHON3, "-m", "venv", venvDir, "--copies"
+	commandLine rootProject.PYTHON3
+	args "-m", "venv", venvDir, "--copies"
 }
 
-if (findPython3(false)) {
+if (findPython3(false, false)) {
 	rootProject.prepDev.dependsOn createPythonVirtualEnvironment
 }