diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/xattr/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/xattr/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index eee87cdbeec7b..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/darwin/xattr/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-{ lib
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, buildPythonPackage
-, python
-, ed
-, unifdef
-}:
-
-buildPythonPackage rec {
-  pname = "xattr";
-  version = "61.60.1";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "apple-oss-distributions";
-    repo = "python_modules";
-    rev = "python_modules-${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-kfMGPzNAJsPvvUCSzcR0kgg85U6/NFf/ie1uwg9tfqY=";
-  };
-
-  sourceRoot = "${src.name}/Modules/xattr-0.6.4";
-  format = "other";
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    ed
-    unifdef
-    python.pkgs.setuptools
-  ];
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "OBJROOT=$(PWD)"
-    "DSTROOT=${placeholder "out"}"
-    "OSL=${placeholder "doc"}/share/xattr/OpenSourceLicenses"
-    "OSV=${placeholder "doc"}/share/xattr/OpenSourceVersions"
-  ];
-
-  # need to use `out` instead of `bin` since buildPythonPackage ignores the latter
-  outputs = [ "out" "doc" "python" ];
-
-  # We need to patch a reference to gnutar in an included Makefile
-  postUnpack = ''
-    chmod u+w $sourceRoot/..
-  '';
-
-  postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace ../Makefile.inc --replace gnutar tar
-    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace "/usr" ""
-  '';
-
-  preInstall = ''
-    # prevent setup.py from trying to download setuptools
-    sed -i xattr-*/setup.py -e '/ez_setup/d'
-
-    # create our custom target dirs we patch in
-    mkdir -p "$doc/share/xattr/"OpenSource{Licenses,Versions}
-    mkdir -p "$python/lib/${python.libPrefix}"
-  '';
-
-  # move python package to its own output to reduce clutter
-  postInstall = ''
-    mv "$out/lib/python" "$python/${python.sitePackages}"
-    rmdir "$out/lib"
-  '';
-
-  makeWrapperArgs = [
-    "--prefix"
-    "PYTHONPATH"
-    ":"
-    "${placeholder "python"}/${python.sitePackages}"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Display and manipulate extended attributes";
-    license = [ licenses.psfl licenses.mit ]; # see $doc/share/xattr/OpenSourceLicenses
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.sternenseemann ];
-    homepage = "https://opensource.apple.com/source/python_modules/";
-    platforms = lib.platforms.darwin;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
index 8501e6f2a4f7c..e473c313fdb9a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/darwin-packages.nix
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ impure-cmds // apple-source-packages // apple-source-headers // stubs // {
 
   trash = callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/trash { };
 
-  xattr = pkgs.python3Packages.callPackage ../os-specific/darwin/xattr { };
+  inherit (self.file_cmds) xattr;
 
   inherit (pkgs.callPackages ../os-specific/darwin/xcode { })
     xcode_8_1 xcode_8_2