diff --git a/scripts/installer/installer b/scripts/installer/installer
index 091d3d00..25413b0a 100755
--- a/scripts/installer/installer
+++ b/scripts/installer/installer
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@ function install_abra_release {
   fi
 
   # FIXME: support different architectures
-  release_url=$(curl -s "$ABRA_RELEASE_URL" |
-    python3 -c "import sys, json; \
-                payload = json.load(sys.stdin); \
-                url = [a['browser_download_url'] for a in payload['assets'] if 'linux_x86_64' in a['name']][0]; \
-                print(url)")
+  release_url=$(curl -s $ABRA_RELEASE_URL | sed -rn 's/.*"assets":\[\{[^}]*"name":"abra.*linux_x86_64"[^}]*"browser_download_url":"([^"]*)".*\].*/\1/p' -)
 
   echo "downloading $ABRA_VERSION x86_64 binary release for abra..."
   curl --progress-bar "$release_url" --output "$HOME/.local/bin/abra"