diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnspsl/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnspsl/package.nix
index a7905669ef5d..7206b5358b44 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnspsl/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnspsl/package.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   fetchurl,
   pkg-config,
   netsurf-buildsystem,
+  publicsuffix-list,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -15,6 +16,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-NoTOwy9VXa7UMZk+C/bL2TdPbJCERiN+CJ8LYdaUrIA=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    rm public_suffix_list.dat
+    ln -s ${publicsuffix-list}/share/publicsuffix/public_suffix_list.dat public_suffix_list.dat
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
 
   buildInputs = [ netsurf-buildsystem ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix/default.nix
index b3cb03d01858..94a460a99332 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   fetchPypi,
   setuptools,
   pythonOlder,
+  publicsuffix-list,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i -e "/def test_fetch/i\\
     \\t@unittest.skip('requires internet')" -e "/def additional_tests():/,+1d" tests.py
+
+    rm publicsuffix/public_suffix_list.dat
+    ln -s ${publicsuffix-list}/share/publicsuffix/public_suffix_list.dat publicsuffix/public_suffix_list.dat
   '';
 
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix2/default.nix
index 227fab9e1ee5..0732ff4c9794 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffix2/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   buildPythonPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   setuptools,
+  publicsuffix-list,
 }:
 let
   tagVersion = "2.2019-12-21";
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     # only used to update the interal publicsuffix list
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
       --replace "'requests >= 2.7.0'," ""
+
+    rm src/publicsuffix2/public_suffix_list.dat
+    ln -s ${publicsuffix-list}/share/publicsuffix/public_suffix_list.dat src/publicsuffix2/public_suffix_list.dat
   '';
 
   pythonImportsCheck = [ "publicsuffix2" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffixlist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffixlist/default.nix
index 16732c89b875..48391b04b586 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffixlist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/publicsuffixlist/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   pytestCheckHook,
   requests,
   setuptools,
+  publicsuffix-list,
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -18,6 +19,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-37hj0A37m8BxNAWWIpRoromnXWJUbqvOOOu9iw01DKk=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    rm publicsuffixlist/public_suffix_list.dat
+    ln -s ${publicsuffix-list}/share/publicsuffix/public_suffix_list.dat publicsuffixlist/public_suffix_list.dat
+  '';
+
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   optional-dependencies = {