diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
index f66469f5ba4..fd1815efa94 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , texlive
 , zlib, libiconv, libpng, libX11
 , freetype, gd, libXaw, icu, ghostscript, libXpm, libXmu, libXext
-, perl, perlPackages, python2Packages, pkg-config
+, perl, perlPackages, python3Packages, pkg-config
 , poppler, libpaper, graphite2, zziplib, harfbuzz, potrace, gmp, mpfr
 , brotli, cairo, pixman, xorg, clisp, biber, woff2, xxHash
 , makeWrapper, shortenPerlShebang
@@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ latexindent = perlPackages.buildPerlPackage rec {
 };
 
 
-pygmentex = python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+pygmentex = python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "pygmentex";
   inherit (src) version;
 
   src = lib.head (builtins.filter (p: p.tlType == "run") texlive.pygmentex.pkgs);
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [ pygments chardet ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python3Packages; [ pygments chardet ];
 
   dontBuild = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix
index bf7b7952f51..9993263c1f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/combine.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ let
       [ "de-macro" "pythontex" "dviasm" "texliveonfly" ];
     pkgNeedsRuby = pkg: pkg.tlType == "run" && pkg.pname == "match-parens";
     extraInputs =
-      lib.optional (lib.any pkgNeedsPython splitBin.wrong) python
+      lib.optional (lib.any pkgNeedsPython splitBin.wrong) python3
       ++ lib.optional (lib.any pkgNeedsRuby splitBin.wrong) ruby;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
index cc30024ca0f..72b54f5ebef 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 */
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, runCommand, writeText, buildEnv
 , callPackage, ghostscriptX, harfbuzz, poppler_min
-, makeWrapper, python, ruby, perl
+, makeWrapper, python3, ruby, perl
 , useFixedHashes ? true
 , recurseIntoAttrs
 }:
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ let
   # function for creating a working environment from a set of TL packages
   combine = import ./combine.nix {
     inherit bin combinePkgs buildEnv lib makeWrapper writeText
-      stdenv python ruby perl;
+      stdenv python3 ruby perl;
     ghostscript = ghostscriptX; # could be without X, probably, but we use X above
   };