diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix
index 46ba7765cdcc..065c10f771e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/mk-python-derivation.nix
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 , dontWrapPythonPrograms ? false
 
 # Skip setting the PYTHONNOUSERSITE environment variable in wrapped programs
-, skipNoUserSite ? false
+, permitUserSite ? false
 
 # Remove bytecode from bin folder.
 # When a Python script has the extension `.py`, bytecode is generated
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ let self = toPythonModule (python.stdenv.mkDerivation (builtins.removeAttrs attr
   installCheckInputs = checkInputs;
 
   postFixup = lib.optionalString (!dontWrapPythonPrograms) ''
-    ${if skipNoUserSite then "export SKIPNOUSERSITE=1" else ""}
     wrapPythonPrograms
   '' + lib.optionalString removeBinBytecode ''
     if [ -d "$out/bin" ]; then
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrap.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrap.sh
index d779826cf81a..c7201c7a997b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrap.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrap.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ wrapPythonProgramsIn() {
                                     --prefix PATH ':' "$program_PATH"
                                     )
 
-                    if [ -z "$SKIPNOUSERSITE" ]; then
+                    if [ -z "$permitUserSite" ]; then
                         wrap_args+=(--set PYTHONNOUSERSITE "true")
                     fi
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
index 27d01e4e1f51..5a2ec567b9eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , extraOutputsToInstall ? []
 , postBuild ? ""
 , ignoreCollisions ? false
+, permitUserSite ? false
 , requiredPythonModules
 # Wrap executables with the given argument.
 , makeWrapperArgs ? []
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ let
             if [ -f "$prg" ]; then
               rm -f "$out/bin/$prg"
               if [ -x "$prg" ]; then
-                makeWrapper "$path/bin/$prg" "$out/bin/$prg" --set PYTHONHOME "$out" --set PYTHONNOUSERSITE "true" ${stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep " " makeWrapperArgs}
+                makeWrapper "$path/bin/$prg" "$out/bin/$prg" --set PYTHONHOME "$out" ${if permitUserSite then "" else ''--set PYTHONNOUSERSITE "true"''} ${stdenv.lib.concatStringsSep " " makeWrapperArgs}
               fi
             fi
           done