diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
index 8e65a6a11037..495e8f398b37 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/kodi/unwrapped.nix
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       "-DENABLE_OPTICAL=${if opticalSupport then "ON" else "OFF"}"
       "-DENABLE_VDPAU=${if vdpauSupport then "ON" else "OFF"}"
       "-DLIRC_DEVICE=/run/lirc/lircd"
-      "-DSWIG_EXECUTABLE=${buildPackages.swig}/bin/swig"
+      "-DSWIG_EXECUTABLE=${buildPackages.swig3}/bin/swig"
       "-DFLATBUFFERS_FLATC_EXECUTABLE=${buildPackages.flatbuffers}/bin/flatc"
       "-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${buildPackages.python3Packages.python}/bin/python"
       "-DPYTHON_LIB_PATH=${python3Packages.python.sitePackages}"