diff --git a/gnu/packages/finance.scm b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
index 61d807190c..201ff3d1bd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/finance.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/finance.scm
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ (define-public ledger
        ("gmp" ,gmp)
        ("libedit" ,libedit)
        ("mpfr" ,mpfr)
-       ("python" ,python-2)
+       ("python" ,python)
        ("utfcpp" ,utfcpp)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("groff" ,groff)