diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/default.nix
index eb23e16d653a..3993b3f73e1f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxslt/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl
 , pkg-config
-, libxml2, findXMLCatalogs, gettext, python3, libgcrypt
+, libxml2, findXMLCatalogs, gettext, python, libgcrypt
 , cryptoSupport ? false
 , pythonSupport ? stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform
 }:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ libxml2.dev ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin gettext
-    ++ lib.optionals pythonSupport [ libxml2.py python3 ]
+    ++ lib.optionals pythonSupport [ libxml2.py python ]
     ++ lib.optionals cryptoSupport [ libgcrypt ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ findXMLCatalogs ];
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "--without-debug"
     "--without-mem-debug"
     "--without-debugger"
-  ] ++ lib.optional pythonSupport "--with-python=${python3}"
+  ] ++ lib.optional pythonSupport "--with-python=${python}"
     ++ lib.optional (!cryptoSupport) "--without-crypto";
 
   postFixup = ''
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '' + lib.optionalString pythonSupport ''
     mkdir -p $py/nix-support
     echo ${libxml2.py} >> $py/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs
-    moveToOutput ${python3.libPrefix} "$py"
+    moveToOutput ${python.libPrefix} "$py"
   '';
 
   passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fe1c97840eb7..0d8376496505 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -18672,7 +18672,9 @@ with pkgs;
 
   libxmp = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxmp { };
 
-  libxslt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxslt { };
+  libxslt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxslt {
+    python = python3;
+  };
 
   libxsmm = callPackage ../development/libraries/libxsmm { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 24a0dcb52fc3..8d70a2b95665 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4598,8 +4598,7 @@ in {
 
   libxslt = (toPythonModule (pkgs.libxslt.override {
     pythonSupport = true;
-    python3 = python;
-    inherit (self) libxml2;
+    inherit (self) python libxml2;
   })).py;
 
   license-expression = callPackage ../development/python-modules/license-expression { };