diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix
index 109b1b347938..46935a9211ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/grc/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   lib,
+  python3Packages,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  buildPythonApplication,
   installShellFiles,
 }:
 
-buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "grc";
   version = "1.13";
   format = "other";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index da067c8860bf..dbe645cdad36 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   guglielmo = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/radio/guglielmo { };
 
-  grc = python3Packages.callPackage ../tools/misc/grc { };
+  grc = callPackage ../tools/misc/grc { };
 
   gremlin-console = callPackage ../applications/misc/gremlin-console {
     openjdk = openjdk11;