diff --git a/rules/sairedis.mk b/rules/sairedis.mk
index 1d38a74b1433..fe77c98b86ab 100644
--- a/rules/sairedis.mk
+++ b/rules/sairedis.mk
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ $(LIBSAIMETADATA_DBG)_DEPENDS += $(LIBSAIMETADATA)
 $(LIBSAIMETADATA_DBG)_RDEPENDS += $(LIBSAIMETADATA)
 $(eval $(call add_derived_package,$(LIBSAIREDIS),$(LIBSAIMETADATA_DBG)))
 
+ifeq ($(ENABLE_PY2_MODULES), n)
+    $(LIBSWSSCOMMON)_BUILD_ENV += DEB_BUILD_PROFILES=nopython2
+endif
+
 # The .c, .cpp, .h & .hpp files under src/{$DBG_SRC_ARCHIVE list}
 # are archived into debug one image to facilitate debugging.
 #