diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lit/default.nix
index 1044dd00d7f8..63fce70a3830 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lit/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ lib, python2 }:
+{ lib, python3 }:
 
-python2.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "lit";
   version = "0.9.0";
 
-  src = python2.pkgs.fetchPypi {
+  src = python3.pkgs.fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
     sha256 = "0vkqv0ijjkfg70j26cxqz75bpn2p78all5j5cw2gfcrn4c5aldf0";
   };