diff --git a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
index 552df561bbd..f71ea02a510 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
@@ -259,12 +259,15 @@ void BPY_python_start(int argc, const char **argv)
 	 * Python doesn't expose a good way to set this. */
 	BLI_setenv("PYTHONIOENCODING", "utf-8:surrogateescape");
 
+	/* Update, Py3.3 resolves attempting to parse non-existing header */
+#if 0
 	/* Python 3.2 now looks for '2.xx/python/include/python3.2d/pyconfig.h' to
 	 * parse from the 'sysconfig' module which is used by 'site',
 	 * so for now disable site. alternatively we could copy the file. */
 	if (py_path_bundle) {
 		Py_NoSiteFlag = 1;
 	}
+#endif
 
 	Py_FrozenFlag = 1;
 
diff --git a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
index 6455f9165ce..d5407fe38a2 100644
--- a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -423,11 +423,15 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 			# on some platforms (like openSUSE) Python is linked
 			# to be used from lib64 folder.
 			# determine this from Python's libraries path
-			if(${PYTHON_LIBPATH} MATCHES "lib64$")
+			#
+			# ugh, its possible 'lib64' is just a symlink to 'lib' which causes incorrect use of 'lib64'
+			get_filename_component(_pypath_real ${PYTHON_LIBPATH} REALPATH)
+			if(${_pypath_real} MATCHES "lib64$")
 				set(_target_LIB "lib64")
 			else()
 				set(_target_LIB "lib")
 			endif()
+			unset(_pypath_real)
 
 			# Copy the systems python into the install directory
 			# Scons copy in tools/Blender.py