diff --git a/platformio/__init__.py b/platformio/__init__.py
index 25cc4e8c..e56cfd25 100644
--- a/platformio/__init__.py
+++ b/platformio/__init__.py
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ if sys.version_info < (2, 7, 0) or sys.version_info >= (3, 0, 0):
     msg = ("PlatformIO Core v%s does not run under Python version %s.\n"
            "Minimum supported version is 2.7, please upgrade Python.\n"
            "Python 3 is not yet supported.\n")
-    sys.stderr.write(msg % (__version__, sys.version.split()[0]))
+    sys.stderr.write(msg % (__version__, sys.version))
     sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/platformio/managers/core.py b/platformio/managers/core.py
index 0e872ce7..3d1e8721 100644
--- a/platformio/managers/core.py
+++ b/platformio/managers/core.py
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ def pioplus_call(args, **kwargs):
         raise exception.PlatformioException(
             "PlatformIO Core Plus v%s does not run under Python version %s.\n"
             "Minimum supported version is 2.7.6, please upgrade Python.\n"
-            "Python 3 is not yet supported.\n" % (__version__,
-                                                  sys.version.split()[0]))
+            "Python 3 is not yet supported.\n" % (__version__, sys.version))
 
     pioplus_path = join(get_core_package_dir("tool-pioplus"), "pioplus")
     pythonexe_path = util.get_pythonexe_path()