diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xpf/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xpf/default.nix
index fa8e8078362..f17a47e6be3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xpf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/xpf/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, python, libxml2}:
-
-assert libxml2.pythonSupport == true;
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, libxml2Python }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "xpf-0.2";
@@ -10,7 +8,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     md5 = "d92658828139e1495e052d0cfe25d312";
   };
   
-  buildInputs = [python libxml2];
+  buildInputs = [ python libxml2Python ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    sed -i configure -e 's:test -e .*/libxml2.py":python -c "import libxml2":'
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "XML Pipes and Filters - command line tools for manipulating and querying XML data";
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 30318d527ca..092ce2bc636 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1629,9 +1629,7 @@ let
 
   xorriso = callPackage ../tools/cd-dvd/xorriso { };
 
-  xpf = callPackage ../tools/text/xml/xpf {
-    libxml2 = libxml2Python;
-  };
+  xpf = callPackage ../tools/text/xml/xpf { };
 
   xsel = callPackage ../tools/misc/xsel { };