diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/me_cleaner/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/me_cleaner/default.nix
index 308b69c9d744..f5e8f1524737 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/me_cleaner/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/me_cleaner/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, python2, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+python2.pkgs.buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "me_cleaner";
   version = "1.2";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f2b124b3398d..f82daacf7104 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12552,7 +12552,7 @@ in
     stdenv = if stdenv.cc.isClang then llvmPackages_5.stdenv else stdenv;
   };
 
-  me_cleaner = pythonPackages.callPackage ../tools/misc/me_cleaner { };
+  me_cleaner = callPackage ../tools/misc/me_cleaner { };
 
   mesos-dns = callPackage ../servers/mesos-dns { };