diff --git a/makepanda/makepanda.py b/makepanda/makepanda.py
index f72103f017..64c624100d 100755
--- a/makepanda/makepanda.py
+++ b/makepanda/makepanda.py
@@ -6553,8 +6553,8 @@ def MakeInstallerLinux():
             depends = ReadFile("targetroot/debian/substvars_dep").replace("shlibs:Depends=", "").strip()
             recommends = ReadFile("targetroot/debian/substvars_rec").replace("shlibs:Depends=", "").strip()
             if PkgSkip("PYTHON")==0:
-                depends += ", " + PYTHONV + ", python-pmw"
-                recommends += ", python-wxversion, python-profiler (>= " + PV + "), python-tk (>= " + PV + ")"
+                depends += ", " + PYTHONV
+                recommends += ", python-wxversion, python-profiler (>= " + PV + "), python-pmw, python-tk (>= " + PV + ")"
             if PkgSkip("NVIDIACG")==0:
                 depends += ", nvidia-cg-toolkit"