diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1c2fd7d03e6..8e0e375f1da 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5317,15 +5317,11 @@ let
 
   pythonPackages = python27Packages;
 
-  # `nix-env -i python-nose` installs for 2.7, the default python.
-  # Therefore we do not recurse into attributes here, in contrast to
-  # python27Packages. `nix-env -iA python26Packages.nose` works
-  # regardless.
-  python26Packages = import ./python-packages.nix {
+  python26Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (import ./python-packages.nix {
     inherit pkgs;
     inherit (lib) lowPrio;
     python = python26;
-  };
+  });
 
   python27Packages = recurseIntoAttrs (import ./python-packages.nix {
     inherit pkgs;