diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/arcanist/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/arcanist/default.nix
index 9540f1e0a6c8..0fa34c7eefe8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/arcanist/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/arcanist/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 , lib, stdenv
 , installShellFiles
 , which
+, python3
 }:
 
 # Make a custom wrapper. If `wrapProgram` is used, arcanist thinks .arc-wrapped is being
@@ -33,7 +34,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "0jiv4aj4m5750dqw9r8hizjkwiyxk4cg4grkr63sllsa2dpiibxw";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ php ];
+  patches = [ ./dont-require-python3-in-path.patch ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ php python3 ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ bison flex installShellFiles ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/arcanist/dont-require-python3-in-path.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/arcanist/dont-require-python3-in-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c127491bb84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/arcanist/dont-require-python3-in-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Don't require python3 in PATH
+
+Once packaged, the arcanoid.py script has an absolute path shebang to
+python3, so there is no need to also require python3 in PATH.
+
+This prevents leaking in a python3 in PATH in the environment which arc
+runs linters etc.
+
+Author: bjorn.forsman@gmail.com
+diff -uNr arcanist.orig/src/workflow/ArcanistAnoidWorkflow.php arcanist.new/src/workflow/ArcanistAnoidWorkflow.php
+--- arcanist.orig/src/workflow/ArcanistAnoidWorkflow.php	2022-03-31 13:23:30.865095192 +0200
++++ arcanist.new/src/workflow/ArcanistAnoidWorkflow.php	2022-04-01 12:19:15.644159639 +0200
+@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@
+   }
+ 
+   public function runWorkflow() {
+-    if (!Filesystem::binaryExists('python3')) {
+-      throw new PhutilArgumentUsageException(
+-        pht(
+-          'The "arc anoid" workflow requires "python3" to be available '.
+-          'in your $PATH.'));
+-    }
+-
+     $support_dir = phutil_get_library_root('arcanist');
+     $support_dir = dirname($support_dir);
+     $support_dir = $support_dir.'/support/';