diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index 7e0e6e4d984f..59174fc69ed8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ self: super: {
   vim-isort = super.vim-isort.overrideAttrs (old: {
     postPatch = ''
       substituteInPlace ftplugin/python_vimisort.vim \
-        --replace 'import vim' 'import vim; import sys; sys.path.append("${python2.pkgs.isort}/${python2.sitePackages}")'
+        --replace 'import vim' 'import vim; import sys; sys.path.append("${python3.pkgs.isort}/${python3.sitePackages}")'
     '';
   });