diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/default.nix
index 4dd8fa743121..459523ea6169 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 , withNgspice ? !stdenv.isDarwin
 , libngspice
 , withScripting ? true
-, python3
+, python311
 , addons ? [ ]
 , debug ? false
 , sanitizeAddress ? false
@@ -122,10 +122,14 @@ let
     else versionsImport.${baseName}.libVersion.version;
 
   wxGTK = wxGTK32;
-  python = python3;
+  # KiCAD depends on wxWidgets, which uses distutils (removed in Python 3.12)
+  # See also: https://github.com/wxWidgets/Phoenix/issues/2104
+  # Eventually, wxWidgets should support Python 3.12: https://github.com/wxWidgets/Phoenix/issues/2553
+  # Until then, we use Python 3.11 which still includes distutils
+  python = python311;
   wxPython = python.pkgs.wxpython;
   addonPath = "addon.zip";
-  addonsDrvs = map (pkg: pkg.override { inherit addonPath python3; }) addons;
+  addonsDrvs = map (pkg: pkg.override { inherit addonPath python; }) addons;
 
   addonsJoined =
     runCommand "addonsJoined"
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # Common libraries, referenced during runtime, via the wrapper.
   passthru.libraries = callPackages ./libraries.nix { inherit libSrc; };
-  passthru.callPackage = newScope { inherit addonPath python3; };
+  passthru.callPackage = newScope { inherit addonPath python; };
   base = callPackage ./base.nix {
     inherit stable testing baseName;
     inherit kicadSrc kicadVersion;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index d43d629f2c42..6ccbd3cc079d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6545,7 +6545,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
   khanaa = callPackage ../development/python-modules/khanaa {};
 
   kicad = toPythonModule (pkgs.kicad.override {
-    python3 = python;
+    python311 = python;
   }).src;
 
   kinparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/kinparse { };