diff --git a/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix b/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
index 99515b5b8276..284934a7608e 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/lib/make-options-doc/default.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ in rec {
     { meta.description = "List of NixOS options in JSON format";
       nativeBuildInputs = [
         pkgs.brotli
-        pkgs.python3Minimal
+        pkgs.python3
       ];
       options = builtins.toFile "options.json"
         (builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext (builtins.toJSON optionsNix));
diff --git a/nixos/tests/installer.nix b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
index f7fc168eba8c..c7711d151ddd 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/installer.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/installer.nix
@@ -510,14 +510,8 @@ let
             ntp
             perlPackages.ListCompare
             perlPackages.XMLLibXML
-            python3Minimal
             # make-options-doc/default.nix
-            (let
-                self = (pkgs.python3Minimal.override {
-                  inherit self;
-                  includeSiteCustomize = true;
-                });
-              in self.withPackages (p: [ p.mistune ]))
+            python3.withPackages (p: [ p.mistune ])
             shared-mime-info
             sudo
             texinfo
diff --git a/nixos/tests/os-prober.nix b/nixos/tests/os-prober.nix
index dae1306bd69d..034de0620d88 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/os-prober.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/os-prober.nix
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ in {
           ntp
           perlPackages.ListCompare
           perlPackages.XMLLibXML
-          python3Minimal
+          python3
           shared-mime-info
           stdenv
           sudo
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/nix/nixos-render-docs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/nix/nixos-render-docs/default.nix
index d2b8f1a0614b..b08abfe069f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/nix/nixos-render-docs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/nix/nixos-render-docs/default.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , python3
-, python3Minimal
 , runCommand
 }:
 
 let
-  # python3Minimal can't be overridden with packages on Darwin, due to a missing framework.
-  # Instead of modifying stdenv, we take the easy way out, since most people on Darwin will
-  # just be hacking on the Nixpkgs manual (which also uses make-options-doc).
-  python = ((if stdenv.isDarwin then python3 else python3Minimal).override {
-    self = python;
-    includeSiteCustomize = true;
-  }).override {
+  python = python3.override {
     packageOverrides = final: prev: {
       markdown-it-py = prev.markdown-it-py.overridePythonAttrs (_: {
         doCheck = false;