diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/rizin/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/rizin/default.nix
index 5f14a4017c52..dad7193dd25d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/rizin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/analysis/rizin/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 , lz4
 , xxHash
 , meson
+, python3
 , cmake
 , ninja
 , capstone
@@ -43,7 +44,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
     meson
-    meson.python3.pkgs.pyyaml
+    (python3.withPackages (pp: with pp; [
+      pyyaml
+    ]))
     ninja
     cmake
   ];
@@ -79,6 +82,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     xxHash
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    # find_installation without arguments uses Meson’s Python interpreter,
+    # which does not have any extra modules.
+    # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/9904
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace "import('python').find_installation()" "find_program('python3')"
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset.";
     homepage = "https://rizin.re/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
index 5107438fe91d..866fa303148a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/default.nix
@@ -103,10 +103,6 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     installShellCompletion --bash data/shell-completions/bash/meson
   '';
 
-  passthru = {
-    inherit python3;
-  };
-
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://mesonbuild.com";
     description = "An open source, fast and friendly build system made in Python";