rhythmbox-3.0 python-3 configure switch ignored

Compiling rhythmbox-3.0 with ./configure switch ''--enable-python=no" fails with the message:

checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 3.2.3... none
configure: error: no suitable Python interpreter found

Once compiled with python-3 present, there seems to be no runtime requirement for python-3 for rhythmbox-3.0 to work.

Regards
John