diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/soapysdr/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/soapysdr/default.nix
index 5e4a78cfbd2..c4879f01e60 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/soapysdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/soapysdr/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 { stdenv, lib, lndir, makeWrapper
 , fetchFromGitHub, cmake
 , libusb, pkgconfig
-, python, swig2, numpy, ncurses
+, usePython ? false
+, python, ncurses, swig2
 , extraPackages ? []
 } :
 
@@ -24,12 +25,14 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake makeWrapper pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ libusb ncurses numpy python swig2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ libusb ncurses ]
+    ++ lib.optionals usePython [ python swig2 ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = lib.optional usePython python.pkgs.numpy;
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release"
-    "-DUSE_PYTHON_CONFIG=ON"
-  ];
+  ] ++ lib.optional usePython "-DUSE_PYTHON_CONFIG=ON";
 
   postFixup = lib.optionalString (lib.length extraPackages != 0) ''
     # Join all plugins via symlinking
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c733a918e27..99b1aa1a02a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14114,12 +14114,11 @@ in
 
   soapyhackrf = callPackage ../applications/radio/soapyhackrf { };
 
-  soapysdr = callPackage ../applications/radio/soapysdr { inherit (python3Packages) python numpy; };
+  soapysdr = callPackage ../applications/radio/soapysdr { };
 
   soapyremote = callPackage ../applications/radio/soapyremote { };
 
   soapysdr-with-plugins = callPackage ../applications/radio/soapysdr {
-    inherit (python3Packages) python numpy;
     extraPackages = [
       limesuite
       soapyairspy
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 2eed3573efd..435a5538a56 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1339,6 +1339,16 @@ in {
 
   snapcast = callPackage ../development/python-modules/snapcast { };
 
+  soapysdr = toPythonModule (pkgs.soapysdr.override {
+    python = self.python;
+    usePython = true;
+  });
+
+  soapysdr-with-plugins = toPythonModule (pkgs.soapysdr-with-plugins.override {
+    python = self.python;
+    usePython = true;
+  });
+
   sparse = callPackage ../development/python-modules/sparse { };
 
   spglib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/spglib { };
@@ -1967,7 +1977,7 @@ in {
   certifi = callPackage ../development/python-modules/certifi { };
 
   certipy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/certipy {};
- 
+
   characteristic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/characteristic { };
 
   chart-studio = callPackage ../development/python-modules/chart-studio { };