diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index ede054c..4f76bae 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: argparse
 Type: Package
 Title: Command Line Optional and Positional Argument Parser
-Version: 2.1.0
+Version: 2.1.1
 Authors@R: c(person("Trevor L", "Davis", role=c("aut", "cre"), email="trevor.l.davis@gmail.com"),
     person("Allen", "Day", role="ctb", comment="Some documentation and examples ported from the getopt package."),
     person("Python Software Foundation", role="ctb", comment="Some documentation from the optparse Python module."),
diff --git a/R/argparse.R b/R/argparse.R
index 3194934..a9e44cd 100644
--- a/R/argparse.R
+++ b/R/argparse.R
@@ -313,9 +313,8 @@ assert_python_cmd <- function(python_cmd) {
 }
 
 detects_python <- function() {
-    python_cmd <- find_python_cmd()
-    findpython::is_python_sufficient(python_cmd,
-                                     required_modules = c("argparse", "json | simplejson"))
+    python_cmd <- try(find_python_cmd())
+    !inherits(python_cmd, "try-error")
 }
 
 # Internal function to find python cmd
diff --git a/cran-comments.rst b/cran-comments.rst
index 719a95b..c70513e 100644
--- a/cran-comments.rst
+++ b/cran-comments.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Notes
 
+* The examples and unit tests are now skipped if an appropriate
+  version of Python is not found as with the 'r-devel-windows-x86_64-gcc10-UCRT'
+  CRAN flavor.
+
 * As in previous uploads while in a non-interactive session (i.e. in an
   Rscript) if ``parse_args()`` observes a help flag it will print a usage
   message and then call ``quit()``.  Additionally if a user specifically adds