diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebkit.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebkit.nix
index dc9f5ccb9eb2..bebfbdda8d8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebkit.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-5/modules/qtwebkit.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , qtbase, qtdeclarative, qtlocation, qtmultimedia, qtsensors, qtwebchannel
 , fontconfig, libwebp, libxml2, libxslt
 , sqlite, systemd, glib, gst_all_1, cmake
-, bison, flex, gdb, gperf, perl, pkg-config, python2, ruby
+, bison, flex, gdb, gperf, perl, pkg-config, python38, ruby
 , ICU, OpenGL
 }:
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ qtModule {
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ICU OpenGL ]
     ++ lib.optional usingAnnulenWebkitFork hyphen;
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    bison flex gdb gperf perl pkg-config python2 ruby
+    bison flex gdb gperf perl pkg-config python38 ruby
   ] ++ lib.optional usingAnnulenWebkitFork cmake;
 
   cmakeFlags = lib.optionals usingAnnulenWebkitFork ([ "-DPORT=Qt" ]