diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/default.nix
index 29016880fce..077511a0660 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-repo/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper
-, python, git, gnupg, less, cacert
+, python3, git, gnupg, less, cacert
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
-  buildInputs = [ python ];
+  buildInputs = [ python3 ];
 
   patchPhase = ''
     substituteInPlace repo --replace \
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ebd734433c6..16138e217a6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -19278,9 +19278,7 @@ in
     withpcre2 = false;
   };
 
-  gitRepo = callPackage ../applications/version-management/git-repo {
-    python = python27;
-  };
+  gitRepo = callPackage ../applications/version-management/git-repo { };
 
   git-quick-stats = callPackage ../development/tools/git-quick-stats {};