diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix
index f0cd64d23e66..8978b58c2bd2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ let
   # we aim to support.
   environmentTests =
     let
-      envs =
+      environments =
         let
           inherit python;
           pythonEnv = python.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ ]);
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ let
         {
           # Plain Python interpreter
           plain = rec {
-            env = python;
-            interpreter = env.interpreter;
+            environment = python;
+            interpreter = environment.interpreter;
             is_venv = "False";
             is_nixenv = "False";
             is_virtualenv = "False";
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@ let
           # Fails on darwin with
           #   virtualenv: error: argument dest: the destination . is not write-able at /nix/store
           nixenv-virtualenv = rec {
-            env = runCommand "${python.name}-virtualenv" { } ''
+            environment = runCommand "${python.name}-virtualenv" { } ''
               ${pythonVirtualEnv.interpreter} -m virtualenv venv
               mv venv $out
             '';
-            interpreter = "${env}/bin/${python.executable}";
+            interpreter = "${environment}/bin/${python.executable}";
             is_venv = "False";
             is_nixenv = "True";
             is_virtualenv = "True";
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ let
         // lib.optionalAttrs (python.implementation != "graal") {
           # Python Nix environment (python.buildEnv)
           nixenv = rec {
-            env = pythonEnv;
-            interpreter = env.interpreter;
+            environment = pythonEnv;
+            interpreter = environment.interpreter;
             is_venv = "False";
             is_nixenv = "True";
             is_virtualenv = "False";
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ let
           # Python 2 does not support venv
           # TODO: PyPy executable name is incorrect, it should be pypy-c or pypy-3c instead of pypy and pypy3.
           plain-venv = rec {
-            env = runCommand "${python.name}-venv" { } ''
+            environment = runCommand "${python.name}-venv" { } ''
               ${python.interpreter} -m venv $out
             '';
-            interpreter = "${env}/bin/${python.executable}";
+            interpreter = "${environment}/bin/${python.executable}";
             is_venv = "True";
             is_nixenv = "False";
             is_virtualenv = "False";
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ let
           # TODO: Cannot create venv from a  nix env
           # Error: Command '['/nix/store/ddc8nqx73pda86ibvhzdmvdsqmwnbjf7-python3-3.7.6-venv/bin/python3.7', '-Im', 'ensurepip', '--upgrade', '--default-pip']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
           nixenv-venv = rec {
-            env = runCommand "${python.name}-venv" { } ''
+            environment = runCommand "${python.name}-venv" { } ''
               ${pythonEnv.interpreter} -m venv $out
             '';
-            interpreter = "${env}/bin/${pythonEnv.executable}";
+            interpreter = "${environment}/bin/${pythonEnv.executable}";
             is_venv = "True";
             is_nixenv = "True";
             is_virtualenv = "False";
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ let
           '';
 
     in
-    lib.mapAttrs testfun envs;
+    lib.mapAttrs testfun environments;
 
   # Integration tests involving the package set.
   # All PyPy package builds are broken at the moment
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests/test_environments/test_python.py b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests/test_environments/test_python.py
index 0fc4b8a9e91c..80713418a046 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests/test_environments/test_python.py
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/tests/test_environments/test_python.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import unittest
 import site
 
 
-ENV = "@env@"
+ENV = "@environment@"
 INTERPRETER = "@interpreter@"
 PYTHON_VERSION = "@pythonVersion@"