diff --git a/pkgs/applications/finance/odoo/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/finance/odoo/default.nix
index c755b0fb6678..9ae2d97a3d28 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/finance/odoo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/finance/odoo/default.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pypdf2
     pyserial
     python-dateutil
-    ldap
+    python-ldap
     python-stdnum
     pytz
     pyusb
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/powerdns-admin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/powerdns-admin/default.nix
index cc31f25390a7..d8b4a6b2f329 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/powerdns-admin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/powerdns-admin/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ let
   pythonDeps = with python.pkgs; [
     flask flask_assets flask_login flask-sqlalchemy flask_migrate flask-seasurf flask_mail flask-session flask-sslify
     mysqlclient psycopg2 sqlalchemy
-    cffi configobj cryptography bcrypt requests ldap pyotp qrcode dnspython
+    cffi configobj cryptography bcrypt requests python-ldap pyotp qrcode dnspython
     gunicorn python3-saml pytz cssmin rjsmin authlib bravado-core
     lima pytimeparse pyyaml jinja2 itsdangerous werkzeug
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-auth-ldap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-auth-ldap/default.nix
index b3596e1e4444..e1ca5f418afb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-auth-ldap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/django-auth-ldap/default.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 , setuptools-scm
 
 # runtime
-, ldap
 , django
+, python-ldap
 
 # tests
 , python
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     django
-    ldap
+    python-ldap
   ];
 
   # ValueError: SCHEMADIR is None, ldap schemas are missing.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldappool/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldappool/default.nix
index a3cb21c10972..4697c80680af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldappool/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldappool/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, pbr, ldap, prettytable, fixtures, testresources, testtools }:
+, pbr, python-ldap, prettytable, fixtures, testresources, testtools }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "ldappool";
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pbr ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ ldap prettytable ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ python-ldap prettytable ];
 
   checkInputs = [ fixtures testresources testtools ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix
similarity index 54%
rename from pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix
index ceaf4f6bf83a..ea9e8ca852d7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/ldap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-ldap/default.nix
@@ -1,21 +1,39 @@
-{ buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi
-, pyasn1, pyasn1-modules
-, pythonAtLeast, pytestCheckHook
-, openldap, cyrus_sasl, lib, stdenv }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pyasn1
+, pyasn1-modules
+, pythonAtLeast
+, pythonOlder
+, pytestCheckHook
+, openldap
+, cyrus_sasl
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-ldap";
   version = "3.4.2";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "sha256-sWRwoJg6rwmgD/uPQLaaJEbz0L5jmiKSVrzjgfyyaPc=";
+    hash = "sha256-sWRwoJg6rwmgD/uPQLaaJEbz0L5jmiKSVrzjgfyyaPc=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pyasn1 pyasn1-modules ];
+  buildInputs = [
+    openldap
+    cyrus_sasl
+  ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytestCheckHook ];
-  buildInputs = [ openldap cyrus_sasl ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    pyasn1
+    pyasn1-modules
+  ];
+
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
   preCheck = ''
     # Needed by tests to setup a mockup ldap server.
@@ -25,11 +43,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     export SCHEMA="${openldap}/etc/schema"
   '';
 
-  disabledTests = lib.optionals (pythonAtLeast "3.9") [
-    # See https://github.com/python-ldap/python-ldap/issues/407
-    "test_simple_bind_noarg"
-  ];
-
   doCheck = !stdenv.isDarwin;
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/suseapi/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/suseapi/default.nix
index bcf35d1f5f70..83925dd64d93 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/suseapi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/suseapi/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , django
 , suds-jurko
-, ldap
+, python-ldap
 , mechanize
 , beautifulsoup4
 , pyxdg
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
-    django suds-jurko ldap mechanize beautifulsoup4 pyxdg python-dateutil requests
+    django suds-jurko python-ldap mechanize beautifulsoup4 pyxdg python-dateutil requests
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [ httpretty ];
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sssd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sssd/default.nix
index ba655e75be54..462151ff64f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sssd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sssd/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   preConfigure = ''
     export SGML_CATALOG_FILES="${docbookFiles}"
-    export PYTHONPATH=$(find ${python3.pkgs.ldap} -type d -name site-packages)
+    export PYTHONPATH=$(find ${python3.pkgs.python-ldap} -type d -name site-packages)
     export PATH=$PATH:${openldap}/libexec
 
     configureFlagsArray=(
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
                   samba nfs-utils p11-kit python3 popt
                   talloc tdb tevent ldb pam openldap pcre2 libkrb5
                   cifs-utils glib keyutils dbus fakeroot libxslt libxml2
-                  libuuid python3.pkgs.ldap systemd nspr check cmocka uid_wrapper
+                  libuuid python3.pkgs.python-ldap systemd nspr check cmocka uid_wrapper
                   nss_wrapper ncurses Po4a http-parser jansson jose ];
 
   makeFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/default.nix
index aa46426142bd..438d7d0e630f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/ldap/389/default.nix
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # lib389
     (python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [
       setuptools
-      ldap
+      python-ldap
       six
       pyasn1
       pyasn1-modules
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/adenum/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/adenum/default.nix
index 8bcac264d95d..24d318968ad8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/adenum/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/adenum/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     impacket
     pwntools
-    ldap
+    python-ldap
   ] ++ [
     john
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/ldapmonitor/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/ldapmonitor/default.nix
index 83035de4d20c..410aa4ca87ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/ldapmonitor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/ldapmonitor/default.nix
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
     impacket
-    ldap
     ldap3
+    python-ldap
   ];
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
index 6f9f6accd927..e6c9434a1198 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-aliases.nix
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ mapAliases ({
   influxgraph = throw "influxgraph has been removed because it is no longer maintained"; # added 2022-07-10
   jupyter_client = jupyter-client; # added 2021-10-15
   Keras = keras; # added 2021-11-25
+  ldap = python-ldap; # added 2022-09-16
   lammps-cython = throw "lammps-cython no longer builds and is unmaintained"; # added 2021-07-04
   loo-py = loopy; # added 2022-05-03
   Markups = markups; # added 2022-02-14
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 93037a89b537..b3bca6b0d3ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5071,10 +5071,6 @@ in {
 
   lc7001 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/lc7001 { };
 
-  ldap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ldap {
-    inherit (pkgs) openldap cyrus_sasl;
-  };
-
   ldap3 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ldap3 { };
 
   ldapdomaindump = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ldapdomaindump { };
@@ -8935,6 +8931,10 @@ in {
 
   python_keyczar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python_keyczar { };
 
+  python-ldap = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ldap {
+    inherit (pkgs) openldap cyrus_sasl;
+  };
+
   python-ldap-test = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-ldap-test { };
 
   python-Levenshtein = callPackage ../development/python-modules/python-levenshtein { };