diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/darwin.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/darwin.patch
index da2d6fa4a3d7..72db79245941 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/darwin.patch
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/darwin.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
-index 31da529..90308aa 100644
 --- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
 +++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake
 @@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ else()
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ index 31da529..90308aa 100644
  endif()
  
  # Prefer lib directory paths
-@@ -113,10 +112,6 @@ if(WITH_CODEC_SNDFILE)
+@@ -114,10 +113,6 @@ if(WITH_CODEC_SNDFILE)
    find_library(_sndfile_VORBIS_LIBRARY NAMES vorbis HINTS ${LIBDIR}/ffmpeg/lib)
    find_library(_sndfile_VORBISENC_LIBRARY NAMES vorbisenc HINTS ${LIBDIR}/ffmpeg/lib)
    list(APPEND LIBSNDFILE_LIBRARIES
@@ -21,16 +20,16 @@ index 31da529..90308aa 100644
    )
  
    print_found_status("SndFile libraries" "${LIBSNDFILE_LIBRARIES}")
-@@ -133,7 +128,7 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
+@@ -134,7 +129,7 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
      # normally cached but not since we include them with blender
-     set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR "${LIBDIR}/python/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}m")
-     set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "${LIBDIR}/python/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION}m")
--    set(PYTHON_LIBRARY ${LIBDIR}/python/lib/libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}m.a)
-+    set(PYTHON_LIBRARY "${LIBDIR}/python/lib/libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}m.dylib")
+     set(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR "${LIBDIR}/python/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}")
+     set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "${LIBDIR}/python/bin/python${PYTHON_VERSION}")
+-    set(PYTHON_LIBRARY ${LIBDIR}/python/lib/libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.a)
++    set(PYTHON_LIBRARY ${LIBDIR}/python/lib/libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.dylib)
      set(PYTHON_LIBPATH "${LIBDIR}/python/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}")
      # set(PYTHON_LINKFLAGS "-u _PyMac_Error")  # won't  build with this enabled
    else()
-@@ -174,9 +169,7 @@ endif()
+@@ -175,9 +170,7 @@ endif()
  if(WITH_CODEC_FFMPEG)
    set(FFMPEG_FIND_COMPONENTS
      avcodec avdevice avformat avutil
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ index 31da529..90308aa 100644
    find_package(FFmpeg)
  endif()
  
-@@ -267,7 +260,6 @@ if(WITH_BOOST)
+@@ -275,7 +268,6 @@ if(WITH_BOOST)
  endif()
  
  if(WITH_INTERNATIONAL OR WITH_CODEC_FFMPEG)
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ index 31da529..90308aa 100644
  endif()
  
  if(WITH_PUGIXML)
-@@ -451,7 +443,7 @@ else()
+@@ -476,7 +468,7 @@ else()
    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -mdynamic-no-pic")
  endif()
  
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 055abab0b8bc..cf5ede1c7feb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         --replace '${"$"}{LIBDIR}/openmp' \
                   '${llvmPackages.openmp}'
       substituteInPlace build_files/cmake/platform/platform_apple.cmake \
-        --replace 'set(PYTHON_VERSION 3.7)' \
-                  'set(PYTHON_VERSION ${python.pythonVersion})' \
-        --replace '${"$"}{PYTHON_VERSION}m' \
-                  '${"$"}{PYTHON_VERSION}' \
         --replace '${"$"}{LIBDIR}/python' \
                   '${python}' \
         --replace '${"$"}{LIBDIR}/opencollada' \