diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/afflib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/afflib/default.nix
index b398af0db344..a1c466605228 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/afflib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/afflib/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, zlib, curl, expat, fuse, openssl
-, autoreconfHook, python
+, autoreconfHook, python3
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ zlib curl expat fuse openssl python ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib curl expat fuse openssl python3 ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://afflib.sourceforge.net/;