diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ntdb/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ntdb/default.nix
index a310d2f27802..de0db887d4bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ntdb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ntdb/default.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,48 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, pkgconfig, readline, gettext, libxslt
-, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_42
+{ stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, python3
+, pkg-config
+, readline
+, gettext
+, libxslt
+, docbook-xsl-nons
+, docbook_xml_dtd_42
+, wafHook
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "ntdb-1.0";
+  pname = "ntdb";
+  version = "1.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://samba/tdb/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "mirror://samba/tdb/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0jdzgrz5sr25k83yrw7wqb3r0yj1v04z4s3lhsmnr5z6n5ifhyl1";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    python readline gettext libxslt docbook_xsl docbook_xml_dtd_42
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    pkg-config
+    gettext
+    libxslt
+    docbook-xsl-nons
+    docbook_xml_dtd_42
+    wafHook
   ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
-    patchShebangs buildtools/bin/waf
-  '';
+  buildInputs = [
+    python3
+    readline # required to build python
+  ];
 
-  configureFlags = [
+  wafPath = "buildtools/bin/waf";
+
+  wafConfigureFlags = [
     "--bundled-libraries=NONE"
     "--builtin-libraries=replace,ccan"
   ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "The not-so trivial database";
-    homepage = https://tdb.samba.org/;
+    homepage = "https://tdb.samba.org/";
     license = licenses.lgpl3Plus;
     platforms = platforms.all;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7aa7435916bb..4188dbfc2932 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14627,9 +14627,7 @@ in
 
   tclx = callPackage ../development/libraries/tclx { };
 
-  ntdb = callPackage ../development/libraries/ntdb {
-    python = python2;
-  };
+  ntdb = callPackage ../development/libraries/ntdb { };
 
   tdb = callPackage ../development/libraries/tdb {};