diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index 8d55ea6c39cb..63bbcee624a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ in with passthru; stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ] ++ optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.9" && pythonOlder "3.11" && stdenv.isDarwin) [
     # Stop checking for TCL/TK in global macOS locations
     ./3.9/darwin-tcl-tk.patch
-  ] ++ optionals (isPy3k && hasDistutilsCxxPatch) [
+  ] ++ optionals (isPy3k && hasDistutilsCxxPatch && pythonOlder "3.12") [
     # Fix for http://bugs.python.org/issue1222585
     # Upstream distutils is calling C compiler to compile C++ code, which
     # only works for GCC and Apple Clang. This makes distutils to call C++