diff --git a/pkgs/shells/fish/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/fish/default.nix
index e69c033cf404..adfe44b3bac1 100644
--- a/pkgs/shells/fish/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/shells/fish/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, python27, which, groff, gettext, man_db, bc }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses, python, which, groff, gettext, man_db, bc }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "fish-${version}";
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = [ ncurses ];
 
   # Required binaries during execution
-  # Python27: Autocompletion generated from manpages and config editing
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python27 which groff gettext man_db bc ];
+  # Python: Autocompletion generated from manpages and config editing
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python which groff gettext man_db bc ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     sed -i "s|bc|${bc}/bin/bc|" "$out/share/fish/functions/seq.fish"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 20e9d1db657e..8cc1e36d8dd8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2487,7 +2487,9 @@ let
 
   dash = callPackage ../shells/dash { };
 
-  fish = callPackage ../shells/fish { };
+  fish = callPackage ../shells/fish {
+    python = python27Full;
+  };
 
   tcsh = callPackage ../shells/tcsh { };