diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/default.nix
index 4facdbfd3e3c..e935552b9f5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/default.nix
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ let
 
 #### Dev http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/devtools/
 
-  anjuta = callPackage ./devtools/anjuta { python=pkgs.python2; };
+  anjuta = callPackage ./devtools/anjuta { };
 
   devhelp = callPackage ./devtools/devhelp { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/anjuta/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/anjuta/default.nix
index 3cb62fef6c2f..6a50834f105e 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/anjuta/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/devtools/anjuta/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, gnome3, gtk3, flex, bison, libxml2, intltool,
-  itstool, python, makeWrapper }:
+  itstool, python2, makeWrapper }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   inherit (import ./src.nix fetchurl) name src;
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig flex bison gtk3 libxml2 gnome3.gjs gnome3.gdl
-    gnome3.libgda gnome3.gtksourceview intltool itstool python makeWrapper
+    gnome3.libgda gnome3.gtksourceview intltool itstool python2 makeWrapper
     gnome3.gsettings_desktop_schemas
   ];