diff --git a/doc/doc-support/python-interpreter-table.nix b/doc/doc-support/python-interpreter-table.nix
index f06609e363f2..0ea478812872 100644
--- a/doc/doc-support/python-interpreter-table.nix
+++ b/doc/doc-support/python-interpreter-table.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ let
     lib.attrNames (
       lib.filterAttrs (
         name: value:
-        isPythonInterpreter name && name != pname && interpreterName name == interpreterName pname
+        # use tryEval to handle entries in aliases.nix
+        (builtins.tryEval (
+          isPythonInterpreter name && name != pname && interpreterName name == interpreterName pname
+        )).value
       ) pkgs
     );