diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/aws-sam-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/aws-sam-cli/default.nix
index f123aa79a107..52b1a26d8143 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/aws-sam-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/aws-sam-cli/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { fetchFromGitHub
 , lib
-, python
+, python3
 , enableTelemetry ? false
 }:
 
 let
-  py = python.override {
+  py = python3.override {
     packageOverrides = self: super: {
       flask = super.flask.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
         version = "1.0.2";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d06e1d7f9e44..fefdf4746ef9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ in
 
   aws-rotate-key = callPackage ../tools/admin/aws-rotate-key { };
 
-  aws-sam-cli = callPackage ../development/tools/aws-sam-cli { python = python3; };
+  aws-sam-cli = callPackage ../development/tools/aws-sam-cli { };
 
   aws-vault = callPackage ../tools/admin/aws-vault { };