diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
index cfee6a8b94c8..bdb9fd2d4772 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/cli53/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, pythonPackages, fetchurl }:
+{ lib, python2Packages, fetchurl }:
 
-pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   name = "cli53-${version}";
-  namePrefix = "";  # Suppress "python27-" name prefix
   version = "0.4.4";
 
   src = fetchurl {
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "0s9jzigq6a16m2c3qklssx2lz16cf13g5zh80vh24kxazaxqzbig";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [
     argparse
     boto
     dns