diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/remove-attr.py b/pkgs/development/node-packages/remove-attr.py
index d0f95e3e63a9..6ab93e64ffe0 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/remove-attr.py
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/remove-attr.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -i python3 -p
+#!nix-shell -i python3 -p python3
 
 import collections.abc
 import fileinput