diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
index 8e2e5a1be448..9e2baf94527f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, which, m4, gtk2, pango, perl, python, zip, libIDL
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, which, m4, gtk2, pango, perl, python2, zip, libIDL
 , libjpeg, libpng, zlib, dbus, dbus_glib, bzip2, xorg
 , freetype, fontconfig, file, alsaLib, nspr, nss, libnotify
-, yasm, mesa, sqlite, unzip, makeWrapper, pysqlite
+, yasm, mesa, sqlite, unzip, makeWrapper
 , hunspell, libevent, libstartup_notification, libvpx
 , cairo, gstreamer, gst_plugins_base, icu
 , debugBuild ? false
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = # from firefox30Pkgs.xulrunner, without gstreamer and libvpx
     [ pkgconfig which libpng gtk2 perl zip libIDL libjpeg zlib bzip2
-      python dbus dbus_glib pango freetype fontconfig xorg.libXi
+      python2 dbus dbus_glib pango freetype fontconfig xorg.libXi
       xorg.libX11 xorg.libXrender xorg.libXft xorg.libXt file
       alsaLib nspr nss libnotify xorg.pixman yasm mesa
-      xorg.libXScrnSaver xorg.scrnsaverproto pysqlite
+      xorg.libXScrnSaver xorg.scrnsaverproto
       xorg.libXext xorg.xextproto sqlite unzip makeWrapper
       hunspell libevent libstartup_notification cairo icu
     ] ++ [ m4 ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9559849d9057..805d5d5d5a01 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14825,7 +14825,6 @@ in
 
   thunderbird = callPackage ../applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird {
     inherit (gnome2) libIDL;
-    inherit (pythonPackages) pysqlite;
     libpng = libpng_apng;
   };