diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix
index 8b8d1ba0ae1..c40b765d345 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, openssl, zlib, python, gyp, bash, go, readline }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, openssl, zlib, python2Packages, bash, go, readline }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+let
+  inherit (python2Packages) python gyp;
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "2.5.3";
   name    = "arangodb-${version}";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 475d8e2b616..cb9c315c855 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -429,9 +429,7 @@ in
 
   arandr = callPackage ../tools/X11/arandr { };
 
-  arangodb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/arangodb {
-    inherit (pythonPackages) gyp;
-  };
+  arangodb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/arangodb { };
 
   arcanist = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/arcanist {};