diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 87110ac31dd..9a5e06ee5f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ let
 
   callPackage = pkgs.newScope self;
 
-  buildPythonPackage = makeOverridable (callPackage ../development/python-modules/generic { });
+  buildPythonPackage = makeOverridable (callPackage ../development/python-modules/generic {
+    bootstrapped-pip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bootstrapped-pip { };
+  });
 
   # Unique python version identifier
   pythonName =
@@ -126,8 +128,6 @@ let
     mpi = pkgs.openmpi;
   };
 
-  bootstrapped-pip = callPackage ../development/python-modules/bootstrapped-pip { };
-
   nixpart = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/nixpart { };
 
   # This is used for NixOps to make sure we won't break it with the next major