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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index a1de2a55d986..6778dc460e05 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -454,8 +454,6 @@ in with passthru; stdenv.mkDerivation {
     done
     touch $out/lib/${libPrefix}/test/__init__.py
 
-    ln -s "$out/include/${executable}m" "$out/include/${executable}"
-
     # Determinism: Windows installers were not deterministic.
     # We're also not interested in building Windows installers.
     find "$out" -name 'wininst*.exe' | xargs -r rm -f
@@ -483,6 +481,9 @@ in with passthru; stdenv.mkDerivation {
     # This allows build Python to import host Python's sysconfigdata
     mkdir -p "$out/${sitePackages}"
     ln -s "$out/lib/${libPrefix}/"_sysconfigdata*.py "$out/${sitePackages}/"
+    '' + lib.optionalString (pythonOlder "3.8") ''
+    # This is gone in Python >= 3.8
+    ln -s "$out/include/${executable}m" "$out/include/${executable}"
     '' + optionalString stripConfig ''
     rm -R $out/bin/python*-config $out/lib/python*/config-*
     '' + optionalString stripIdlelib ''