diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/innoextract/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/innoextract/default.nix
index 701c7429d636..d1cb93093d3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/innoextract/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/innoextract/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, makeWrapper, python
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, makeWrapper
 , boost, lzma
 , withGog ? false, unar ? null }:
 
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "09l1z1nbl6ijqqwszdwch9mqr54qb7df0wp2sd77v17dq6gsci33";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ python lzma boost ];
+  buildInputs = [ lzma boost ];
+
+  # Python is reported as missing during the build, however
+  # including Python does not change the output.
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake makeWrapper ];
 
+  strictDeps = true;
+
   # we need unar to for multi-archive extraction
   postFixup = lib.optionalString withGog ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/innoextract \