diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/node/node-composition.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/node/node-composition.nix
index f23ba8e11e71..e095e45b97db 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/node/node-composition.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/elm/packages/node/node-composition.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ let
     inherit (pkgs)
       stdenv
       lib
-      python2
       runCommand
       writeTextFile
       writeShellScript
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/composition.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/composition.nix
index 659c43a1feec..6d49245bff5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/composition.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/composition.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ let
     inherit (pkgs)
       stdenv
       lib
-      python2
       runCommand
       writeTextFile
       writeShellScript
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix
index 4123ca029664..b1ba5526816d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # This file originates from node2nix
 
-{lib, stdenv, nodejs, python2, pkgs, libtool, runCommand, writeTextFile, writeShellScript}:
+{lib, stdenv, nodejs, pkgs, libtool, runCommand, writeTextFile, writeShellScript}:
 
 let
-  python = if nodejs ? python then nodejs.python else python2;
+  inherit (nodejs) python;
 
   # Create a tar wrapper that filters all the 'Ignoring unknown extended header keyword' noise
   tarWrapper = runCommand "tarWrapper" {} ''
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/base16-builder/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/misc/base16-builder/node-packages.nix
index b4bd9d9d41d2..1d201f032168 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/base16-builder/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/base16-builder/node-packages.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 let
   nodeEnv = import ../../development/node-packages/node-env.nix {
-    inherit (pkgs) stdenv lib python2 runCommand writeTextFile writeShellScript;
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv lib runCommand writeTextFile writeShellScript;
     inherit pkgs nodejs;
     libtool = if pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then pkgs.cctools or pkgs.darwin.cctools else null;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mx-puppet-discord/node-composition.nix b/pkgs/servers/mx-puppet-discord/node-composition.nix
index 12460bea17a1..e7922d509acb 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mx-puppet-discord/node-composition.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mx-puppet-discord/node-composition.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ let
     inherit (pkgs)
       stdenv
       lib
-      python2
       runCommand
       writeTextFile
       writeShellScript
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/ethercalc/node-packages.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/ethercalc/node-packages.nix
index 1042cdba2cb6..0d1f60098bb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/ethercalc/node-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/ethercalc/node-packages.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ let
     inherit (pkgs)
       stdenv
       lib
-      python2
       runCommand
       writeTextFile
       writeShellScript
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/onlykey/onlykey.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/onlykey/onlykey.nix
index 05d8f84ddebb..1814e4887f8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/onlykey/onlykey.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/onlykey/onlykey.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ let
     inherit (pkgs)
       stdenv
       lib
-      python2
       runCommand
       writeTextFile
       writeShellScript