diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
index fda2881a8d2a..d40a36936a26 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, buildPackages, runCommand, nettools, bc, bison, flex, perl, rsync, gmp, libmpc, mpfr, openssl
-, libelf, cpio, elfutils, zstd, gawk
+, libelf, cpio, elfutils, zstd, gawk, python3Minimal
 , writeTextFile
 }:
 
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ let
         # See also https://kernelnewbies.org/BuildId
         sed -i Makefile -e 's|--build-id=[^ ]*|--build-id=none|'
 
-        patchShebangs scripts/ld-version.sh
+        patchShebangs scripts
       '';
 
       postPatch = ''
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ((drvAttrs config stdenv.hostPlatform.linux-kernel kernelPat
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl bc nettools openssl rsync gmp libmpc mpfr gawk zstd ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl bc nettools openssl rsync gmp libmpc mpfr gawk zstd python3Minimal ]
       ++ optional  (stdenv.hostPlatform.linux-kernel.target == "uImage") buildPackages.ubootTools
       ++ optional  (lib.versionAtLeast version "4.14" && lib.versionOlder version "5.8") libelf
       # Removed util-linuxMinimal since it should not be a dependency.