diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cbdef648c3ba..6d3f7e5be60c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16174,7 +16174,7 @@ in
 
   newman = callPackage ../development/web/newman {};
 
-  newt = callPackage ../development/libraries/newt { };
+  newt = callPackage ../development/libraries/newt { python = python3; };
 
   nghttp2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/nghttp2 { };
   libnghttp2 = nghttp2.lib;