diff --git a/backend/internal/config/config.go b/backend/internal/config/config.go
index 1acd8ff..4ff29d0 100644
--- a/backend/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/backend/internal/config/config.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ type Config struct {
 	// DBPath is the SQLite database file path.
 	DBPath string
 
-	// GarminPythonPath is mcp-garmin's venv python executable.
+	// GarminPythonPath is the python3 interpreter used to run the embedded
+	// Garmin wrapper script (internal/garmin's go:embed'd wrapper.py).
+	// Defaults to "python3" resolved via PATH if unset.
 	GarminPythonPath string
-	// GarminServerPath is mcp-garmin's server.py.
-	GarminServerPath string
 	// GarminTokenStoreRoot is the root directory under which each user's
 	// mcp-garmin session cache lives (one subdirectory per user id, e.g.
 	// "<root>/3"). Read from the GARMIN_TOKENSTORE env var; if unset, it
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ func Load() (Config, error) {
 	cfg := Config{
 		Addr:                 getEnvDefault("GENIUSRUN_ADDR", ":8080"),
 		DBPath:               getEnvDefault("GENIUSRUN_DB_PATH", "geniusrun.db"),
-		GarminPythonPath:     os.Getenv("MCP_GARMIN_PYTHON"),
-		GarminServerPath:     os.Getenv("MCP_GARMIN_SERVER"),
+		GarminPythonPath:     getEnvDefault("GARMIN_WRAPPER_PYTHON", "python3"),
 		GarminTokenStoreRoot: os.Getenv("GARMIN_TOKENSTORE"),
 		MinConfidence:        getEnvFloat("GENIUSRUN_MIN_CONFIDENCE", 0.6),
 		IncrementalSyncEvery: getEnvDuration("GENIUSRUN_INCREMENTAL_SYNC_EVERY", 6*time.Hour),
@@ -78,12 +77,6 @@ func Load() (Config, error) {
 		log.Printf("GARMIN_TOKENSTORE not set, defaulting to %q", cfg.GarminTokenStoreRoot)
 	}
 
-	if cfg.GarminPythonPath == "" {
-		return cfg, fmt.Errorf("MCP_GARMIN_PYTHON is required (path to mcp-garmin's venv python)")
-	}
-	if cfg.GarminServerPath == "" {
-		return cfg, fmt.Errorf("MCP_GARMIN_SERVER is required (path to mcp-garmin's server.py)")
-	}
 	if cfg.PublicBaseURL == "" {
 		return cfg, fmt.Errorf("GENIUSRUN_PUBLIC_BASE_URL is required (e.g. https://geniusrun.example.com)")
 	}
diff --git a/backend/internal/config/config_test.go b/backend/internal/config/config_test.go
index 1e50def..c48c946 100644
--- a/backend/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import (
 
 func setRequiredEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Helper()
-	t.Setenv("MCP_GARMIN_PYTHON", "/usr/bin/python3")
-	t.Setenv("MCP_GARMIN_SERVER", "/opt/mcp-garmin/server.py")
 	t.Setenv("GENIUSRUN_PUBLIC_BASE_URL", "https://geniusrun.example.com")
 	t.Setenv("GENIUSRUN_OIDC_ISSUER_URL", "https://keycloak.example.com/realms/myrealm")
 	t.Setenv("GENIUSRUN_OIDC_CLIENT_ID", "geniusrun")
@@ -110,6 +108,32 @@ func TestLoad_GarminTokenStoreRootExplicitOverridesDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLoad_GarminPythonPathDefaultsToPython3(t *testing.T) {
+	setRequiredEnv(t)
+	t.Setenv("GARMIN_WRAPPER_PYTHON", "")
+
+	cfg, err := Load()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load: %v", err)
+	}
+	if cfg.GarminPythonPath != "python3" {
+		t.Errorf("GarminPythonPath = %q, want default %q", cfg.GarminPythonPath, "python3")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoad_GarminPythonPathExplicitOverridesDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	setRequiredEnv(t)
+	t.Setenv("GARMIN_WRAPPER_PYTHON", "/opt/venv/bin/python3")
+
+	cfg, err := Load()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Load: %v", err)
+	}
+	if cfg.GarminPythonPath != "/opt/venv/bin/python3" {
+		t.Errorf("GarminPythonPath = %q, want explicit override", cfg.GarminPythonPath)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLoad_CustomRoleAndDuration(t *testing.T) {
 	setRequiredEnv(t)
 	t.Setenv("GENIUSRUN_OIDC_REQUIRED_ROLE", "admin")