2 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/release/tools/gce.conf b/release/tools/gce.conf
index 951b615e7e26..f156a5bb93eb 100644
--- a/release/tools/gce.conf
+++ b/release/tools/gce.conf
@@ -6,14 +6,10 @@
 # The default of 3GB is too small for GCE, so override the size here.
 export VMSIZE=20G
 
-# The sysutils/py-google-compute-engine port needs the lang/python
-# symbolic link to point to lang/python2.
-export DEFAULT_VERSIONS="python=2.7"
-
 # Set to a list of packages to install.
 export VM_EXTRA_PACKAGES="firstboot-freebsd-update firstboot-pkgs \
 	google-cloud-sdk panicmail sudo sysutils/py-google-compute-engine \
-	lang/python lang/python2"
+	lang/python lang/python2 lang/python3"
 
 # Set to a list of third-party software to enable in rc.conf(5).
 export VM_RC_LIST="ntpd sshd growfs \
diff --git a/release/tools/vmimage.subr b/release/tools/vmimage.subr
index bcf9a285a293..6e29139402be 100644
--- a/release/tools/vmimage.subr
+++ b/release/tools/vmimage.subr
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ cleanup() {
 		mdconfig -d -u ${mddev}
 	fi
 
-	# Avoid inheriting the DEFAULT_VERSIONS for lang/python from
-	# the gce.conf.
-	unset DEFAULT_VERSIONS
-
 	return 0
 }