diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sm/smassh/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sm/smassh/package.nix
index 89b42204c16f..4d2c1cecaa95 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sm/smassh/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sm/smassh/package.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   smassh,
-  python311,
+  python3,
   testers,
 }:
 
-let
-  python3 = python311;
-in
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "smassh";
   version = "3.1.6";