diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3feaebf428..8ab1f387d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ END_UNRELEASED_TEMPLATE
 * (pypi) Fix `importlib.metadata.files` by ensuring `RECORD` is included in
   installed wheel targets, except when built from sdist
   ([#3024](https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_python/issues/3024)).
+* (system_python) Fix AttributeError exception on Debian 10 Buster
+  ([#3774](https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_python/issues/3774)).
 
 
 {#v0-0-0-added}
diff --git a/python/private/python_bootstrap_template.txt b/python/private/python_bootstrap_template.txt
index 0d28aff311..35dbe98bf8 100644
--- a/python/private/python_bootstrap_template.txt
+++ b/python/private/python_bootstrap_template.txt
@@ -568,7 +568,6 @@ def main():
   print_verbose("VENV_REL_SITE_PACKAGES:", VENV_REL_SITE_PACKAGES)
   print_verbose("WORKSPACE_NAME:", WORKSPACE_NAME )
   print_verbose("bootstrap sys.executable:", sys.executable)
-  print_verbose("bootstrap sys._base_executable:", sys._base_executable)
   print_verbose("bootstrap sys.version:", sys.version)
 
   args = sys.argv[1:]