diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
index 9ea7dc6c9d53..5e290b25832d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxml2/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch
-, zlib, xz, python, gettext, ncurses, findXMLCatalogs
+, zlib, xz, libintl, python, gettext, ncurses, findXMLCatalogs
 , pythonSupport ? stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform
 , icuSupport ? false, icu ? null
 , enableShared ? stdenv.hostPlatform.libc != "msvcrt"
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = lib.optional pythonSupport python
     ++ lib.optional (pythonSupport && python?isPy2 && python.isPy2) gettext
     ++ lib.optional (pythonSupport && python?isPy3 && python.isPy3) ncurses
+    ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin &&
+                     pythonSupport && python?isPy2 && python.isPy2) libintl
     # Libxml2 has an optional dependency on liblzma.  However, on impure
     # platforms, it may end up using that from /usr/lib, and thus lack a
     # RUNPATH for that, leading to undefined references for its users.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index abba2623a575..94204a91d1c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13904,9 +13904,7 @@ in
     python = python3;
   };
 
-  libxml2Python = let
-    libxml2 = python2Packages.libxml2;
-  in pkgs.buildEnv { # slightly hacky
+  libxml2Python = pkgs.buildEnv { # slightly hacky
     name = "libxml2+py-${res.libxml2.version}";
     paths = with libxml2; [ dev bin py ];
     inherit (libxml2) passthru;