diff --git a/modules/output.nix b/modules/output.nix
index 73ae7657..f3e3da45 100644
--- a/modules/output.nix
+++ b/modules/output.nix
@@ -39,22 +39,14 @@ in {
       description = "Extra packages to be made available to neovim";
     };
 
-    python = {
-      package = mkOption {
-        type = types.package;
-        default = pkgs.python3;
-        description = "";
-      };
-
-      extraPythonPackages = mkOption {
-        type = with types; functionTo (listOf package);
-        default = p: [];
-        defaultText = literalExpression "p: with p; [ ]";
-        description = "Python packages to add to the `PYTHONPATH` of neovim.";
-        example = lib.literalExpression ''
-          p: [ p.numpy ]
-        '';
-      };
+    extraPythonPackages = mkOption {
+      type = with types; functionTo (listOf package);
+      default = p: [];
+      defaultText = literalExpression "p: with p; [ ]";
+      description = "Python packages to add to the `PYTHONPATH` of neovim.";
+      example = lib.literalExpression ''
+        p: [ p.numpy ]
+      '';
     };
 
     extraConfigLua = mkOption {
diff --git a/tests/test-sources/examples.nix b/tests/test-sources/examples.nix
index 3fae09f2..3eaec295 100644
--- a/tests/test-sources/examples.nix
+++ b/tests/test-sources/examples.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
   plain = {};
 
   python-packages = {
-    python = {
-      package = pkgs.python3;
-      extraPythonPackages = p:
-        with p; [
-          numpy
-        ];
-    };
+    extraPythonPackages = p:
+      with p; [
+        numpy
+      ];
   };
 
   simple-plugin = {
diff --git a/wrappers/modules/output.nix b/wrappers/modules/output.nix
index c306feff..e94f0b20 100644
--- a/wrappers/modules/output.nix
+++ b/wrappers/modules/output.nix
@@ -100,16 +100,14 @@ in {
     config.extraPlugins;
 
     neovimConfig = pkgs.neovimUtils.makeNeovimConfig ({
-        inherit (config) viAlias vimAlias;
+        inherit
+          (config)
+          extraPythonPackages
+          viAlias
+          vimAlias
+          ;
         # inherit customRC;
         plugins = normalizedPlugins;
-
-        # Python 3 environment
-        python3Env = let
-          python = config.python.package;
-          inherit (config.python) extraPythonPackages;
-        in
-          python.withPackages extraPythonPackages;
       }
       # Necessary to make sure the runtime path is set properly in NixOS 22.05,
       # or more generally before the commit: