diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9f097d4a4..dce5911ed 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ commands =
     pylint --reports=n --rcfile=.pylintrc {[base]source_paths}
 
 [testenv:mypy]
-basepython = python3.5
+basepython = python3
 commands =
     {[base]pip_install} .[dev3]
     {[base]install_packages}