diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail/default.nix
index 9ffb9a31183..64bad55d88b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python2Packages }:
 
-pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   version = "4.51.0";
   name = "getmail-${version}";
   namePrefix = "";