diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixl/package.nix
index a0101488ffc3..9df2e2b9990c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixl/package.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   meson,
   ninja,
   pkg-config,
-  python3,
+  python3Packages,
 
   # buildInputs
   abseil-cpp,
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   libfabric,
   liburing,
   numactl,
-  python3Packages,
   taskflow,
   ucx,
 
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ effectiveStdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     meson
     ninja
     pkg-config
-    python3
+    python3Packages.python
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport [
     cudaPackages.cuda_nvcc
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3ffee3531420..3654dcc28fec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -11136,7 +11136,9 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   nix-prefetch-github = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nix-prefetch-github { };
 
-  nixl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nixl { inherit (pkgs) nixl; };
+  nixl = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nixl {
+    nixl = pkgs.nixl.override { python3Packages = self; };
+  };
 
   nixpkgs-plugin-update = callPackage ../development/python-modules/nixpkgs-plugin-update { };