diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/python_pyo3.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/python_pyo3.bbclass
index d2aa188cf07..8854ed80d9b 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/python_pyo3.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/python_pyo3.bbclass
@@ -12,11 +12,8 @@
 inherit cargo python3-dir siteinfo
 
 export PYO3_CROSS = "1"
-export PYO3_CROSS_PYTHON_VERSION = "${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}"
-export PYO3_CROSS_LIB_DIR = "${STAGING_LIBDIR}"
 export CARGO_BUILD_TARGET = "${RUST_HOST_SYS}"
 export RUSTFLAGS
-export PYO3_PYTHON = "${PYTHON}"
 export PYO3_CONFIG_FILE = "${WORKDIR}/pyo3.config"
 
 python_pyo3_do_configure () {
@@ -25,6 +22,7 @@ implementation=CPython
 version=${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}
 shared=true
 abi3=false
+executable=${PYTHON}
 lib_name=${PYTHON_DIR}
 lib_dir=${STAGING_LIBDIR}
 pointer_width=${SITEINFO_BITS}