diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/picard/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/picard/default.nix
index 046789119ec6..4b789e158bbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/picard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/picard/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, pythonPackages, fetchurl, gettext
+{ stdenv, python2Packages, fetchurl, gettext
 , pkgconfig, libofa, ffmpeg, chromaprint
 }:
 
 let
   version = "1.3.2";
+  pythonPackages = python2Packages;
 in pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication {
   name = "picard-${version}";
   namePrefix = "";