diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/terminator/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/terminator/default.nix
index 59ea70e3da2..2fef852ace9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/terminator/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/terminator/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages, keybinder, vte, gettext, intltool, file, gtk3, gobjectIntrospection, cairo
-, wrapGAppsHook, gnome3
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python2, keybinder3, intltool, file, gtk3, gobjectIntrospection
+, libnotify, wrapGAppsHook, gnome3
 }:
 
-pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python2.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   name = "terminator-${version}";
   version = "1.91";
 
@@ -11,13 +11,9 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "95f76e3c0253956d19ceab2f8da709a496f1b9cf9b1c5b8d3cd0b6da3cc7be69";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ file intltool wrapGAppsHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ gtk3 gnome3.vte gobjectIntrospection cairo ];
-
-  pythonPath = with pythonPackages; [
-    pygobject3 vte keybinder notify gettext psutil
-    pycairo
-  ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ file intltool wrapGAppsHook gobjectIntrospection ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk3 gnome3.vte libnotify keybinder3 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python2.pkgs; [ pygobject3 psutil pycairo ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     patchShebangs .
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c93910bf061..b8015166929 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17957,9 +17957,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   terminal-notifier = callPackage ../applications/misc/terminal-notifier {};
 
-  terminator = callPackage ../applications/misc/terminator {
-    vte = gnome2.vte.override { pythonSupport = true; };
-  };
+  terminator = callPackage ../applications/misc/terminator { };
 
   terminus = callPackage ../applications/misc/terminus { inherit (gnome2) GConf; };