diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 10227d8ff10..ca524740029 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13938,7 +13938,9 @@ in
     python = python3;
   };
 
-  libxml2Python = pkgs.buildEnv { # slightly hacky
+  libxml2Python = let
+    libxml2 = python2Packages.libxml2;
+  in pkgs.buildEnv { # slightly hacky
     name = "libxml2+py-${res.libxml2.version}";
     paths = with libxml2; [ dev bin py ];
     inherit (libxml2) passthru;