diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sp/speechd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sp/speechd/package.nix
index bf6b7304bf7f..ccd086d62595 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sp/speechd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sp/speechd/package.nix
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libtool
     itstool
     texinfo
+    python3Packages.python
     python3Packages.wrapPython
   ];
 
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libsndfile
     libao
     libpulseaudio
-    python3Packages.python
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals withSystemd [
     systemdLibs