diff --git a/libs/qt5/qtwebengine/qtwebengine.py b/libs/qt5/qtwebengine/qtwebengine.py
index 4844bd57..dc9f3ec7 100644
--- a/libs/qt5/qtwebengine/qtwebengine.py
+++ b/libs/qt5/qtwebengine/qtwebengine.py
@@ -1,102 +1,104 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import info
 
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def registerOptions(self):
         # only supports msvc17+
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMSVC() and CraftCore.compiler.getInternalVersion() < 15:
             self.parent.package.categoryInfo.compiler = CraftCore.compiler.Compiler.NoCompiler
 
     def setTargets(self):
         self.versionInfo.setDefaultValues()
         self.patchLevel["5.12.1"] = 2
 
         self.patchToApply["5.12.3"] = [("0001-Fix-building-GN-with-VS-2019.patch", 1),
                                        ("c6fb532d81f405b2456c382aa0b29eef8866f993.patch", 1)]
         self.patchToApply["5.13.0"] = [("20b5e27.diff", 1)]
 
         # reduce windows debug lvl to prevent out of memory during linking
         self.patchToApply["5.13.2"] = [("qtwebengine-5.13.2-20191124.diff", 1)]
         self.patchToApply["5.14.0"] = [("harfbuzz-2.6.1-gcc-9.patch", 1)] # https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-libs/harfbuzz/files/harfbuzz-2.6.1-gcc-9.patch?id=5e2c1c13fa388533d075554da87d3641019aa739
         self.patchToApply["5.14.1"] = [("qtwebengine-5.14.1-20200227.diff", 1)]
 
     def setDependencies(self):
         self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/gperf"] = None
         self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/flexbison"] = None
         self.buildDependencies["dev-utils/python2"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["libs/qt5/qtbase"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["libs/qt5/qtlocation"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["libs/qt5/qtdeclarative"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["libs/qt5/qtwebchannel"] = None
         if not CraftCore.compiler.isWindows:
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/lcms2"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/freetype"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/libopus"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/zlib"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/libxml2"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/libxslt"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/freetype"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/fontconfig"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/libjpeg-turbo"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["qt-libs/poppler"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/webp"] = None
             self.runtimeDependencies["libs/ffmpeg"] = None
 
 
 from Package.Qt5CorePackageBase import *
 
 
 class QtPackage(Qt5CorePackageBase):
     def __init__(self, **args):
         Qt5CorePackageBase.__init__(self)
         self.subinfo.options.fetch.checkoutSubmodules = True
         if CraftCore.compiler.isLinux:
             self.subinfo.options.configure.args += " -- --webengine-pulseaudio=no --webengine-ffmpeg=system --webengine-icu=system"
 
     def sourceDir(self):
         return CraftShortPath(super().sourceDir()).shortPath
 
     def buildDir(self):
         return CraftShortPath(super().buildDir()).shortPath
 
     def fetch(self):
         if isinstance(self, GitSource):
             utils.system(["git", "clean", "-xdf"], cwd=self.sourceDir())
         return super().fetch()
 
     def _getEnv(self):
         env = {
             "BISON_PKGDATADIR": None,
             "NINJAFLAGS": " "  # if this is not set qmake will do a verbose mode
         }
         if CraftCore.compiler.isMacOS:
             # we need mac's version of libtool here
             env["PATH"] = f"/usr/bin/:{os.environ['PATH']}"
-        if self.qtVer < CraftVersion("5.9") and CraftCore.compiler.isWindows:
-            env["PATH"] = CraftCore.settings.get("Paths", "PYTHON27") + ";" + os.environ["PATH"]
+        if CraftCore.compiler.isWindows:
+            # shorten the path to python2 which is passed to gn...
+            shortDevUtils = CraftShortPath(Path(CraftCore.standardDirs.craftRoot()) / "dev-utils/bin").shortPath
+            env["PATH"] = f"{shortDevUtils};{os.environ['PATH']}"
         return env
 
     def configure(self, configureDefines=""):
         with utils.ScopedEnv(self._getEnv()):
             return super().configure()
 
     def make(self):
         with utils.ScopedEnv(self._getEnv()):
             return super().make()
 
     def install(self):
         if not super().install():
             return False
 
         if CraftCore.compiler.isWindows and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(self.imageDir(), "resources")):
             # apply solution for wrong install location of some important files
             # see: https://stackoverflow.com/a/35448081
             utils.mergeTree(os.path.join(self.imageDir(), "resources"),
                             os.path.join(self.imageDir(), "bin"))
         return True
 
 
 class Package(Qt5CoreSdkPackageBase):
     def __init__(self):
         Qt5CoreSdkPackageBase.__init__(self, classA=QtPackage, condition=not CraftCore.compiler.isMinGW())