diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
index 9ecccf3a9402..874b108f6471 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   stdenv,
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
+  buildPackages,
   coreutils,
   darwin,
   glibcLocales,
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pkg-config
     rustc
     rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
-    (python3.withPackages (ps: [
+    (buildPackages.python3.withPackages (ps: [
       ps.pexpect
       ps.sphinx
     ]))