diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
index 74aff43f7caee..306c33a91fdd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/default.nix
@@ -221,9 +221,9 @@ in {
     inherit (pkgs.buildPackages) makeWrapper;
   };
 
-  sphinxHook = callPackage ({ makePythonHook, sphinx, installShellFiles }:
+  sphinxHook = callPackage ({ makePythonHook, installShellFiles }:
     makePythonHook {
       name = "python${python.pythonVersion}-sphinx-hook";
-      propagatedBuildInputs = [ sphinx installShellFiles ];
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [ pythonForBuild.pkgs.sphinx installShellFiles ];
     } ./sphinx-hook.sh) {};
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 97704fc3e5325..1366a150f5bea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1350,9 +1350,7 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   beautiful-date = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beautiful-date { };
 
-  beautifulsoup4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beautifulsoup4 {
-    inherit (python.pythonForBuild.pkgs) sphinxHook; # hook splicing broken since #194205
-  };
+  beautifulsoup4 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beautifulsoup4 { };
 
   beautifultable = callPackage ../development/python-modules/beautifultable { };