diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index 396010c646..bd706703c8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -5443,14 +5443,17 @@ (define-public python-soupsieve
 CSS selectors.  Soup Sieve currently provides selectors from the CSS level 1
 specifications up through the latest CSS level 4 drafts and beyond (though
 some are not yet implemented).")
+    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-soupsieve))))
     (license license:expat)))
 
 (define-public python2-soupsieve
-  (let ((base (package-with-python2 python-soupsieve)))
+  (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-soupsieve))))
     (package
       (inherit base)
       (propagated-inputs
-       `(("python2-backports-functools-lru-cache" ,python2-backports-functools-lru-cache))))))
+       `(("python2-backports-functools-lru-cache"
+          ,python2-backports-functools-lru-cache)
+         ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
 
 (define-public python-netifaces
   (package