diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 83440aa13..aa4b1fb60 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -65,12 +65,6 @@ jobs:
         path: /tmp/circleci-artifacts
 
 
-  python2:
-    <<: *test-template
-    docker:
-    - image: cimg/python:2.7
-    
-
   unittest:
     <<: *test-template
     steps:
diff --git a/api/python/SConstruct b/api/python/SConstruct
index da4ea12ab..a007e8317 100644
--- a/api/python/SConstruct
+++ b/api/python/SConstruct
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ if env.get('SWIG') and env.get('NUMPY'):
         import numpy
         numpy_loc = os.path.split(numpy.__file__)[0]
         pythinc.append(os.path.join(numpy_loc,'numarray','numpy'))
-        pythinc.append(os.path.join(numpy_loc,'_core','include'))
+	if int(numpy.__version.split(".")[0]) >=2:
+            pythinc.append(os.path.join(numpy_loc,'_core','include'))
+        else:
+            pythinc.append(os.path.join(numpy_loc,'core','include'))
     except:
         print("\n\n\tPlease install numpy\n\n")
         Exit(1)