diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/partio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/partio/default.nix
index 0247d12715f..d4af69532b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/partio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/partio/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, unzip, cmake, freeglut, libGLU, libGL, zlib, swig, python, doxygen, xorg }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, unzip, cmake, freeglut, libGLU, libGL, zlib, swig, doxygen, xorg }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "partio";
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   outputs = [ "dev" "out" "lib" ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ unzip cmake doxygen ];
-  buildInputs = [ freeglut libGLU libGL zlib swig python xorg.libXi xorg.libXmu ];
+  buildInputs = [ freeglut libGLU libGL zlib swig xorg.libXi xorg.libXmu ];
 
   buildPhase = ''
     make partio
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     mv $dev/include/*.h $dev/include/partio
   '';
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "C++ (with python bindings) library for easily reading/writing/manipulating common animation particle formats such as PDB, BGEO, PTC";
     homepage = "https://www.disneyanimation.com/technology/partio.html";