diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/sonnet.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/sonnet.nix
index cccd9251358..5659aaf6960 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/sonnet.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks/sonnet.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { mkDerivation, lib
 , extra-cmake-modules
-, hunspell, qtbase, qttools
+, aspell, qtbase, qttools
 }:
 
 mkDerivation {
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ mkDerivation {
     broken = builtins.compareVersions qtbase.version "5.7.0" < 0;
   };
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules ];
-  buildInputs = [ hunspell qttools ];
+  buildInputs = [ aspell qttools ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ qtbase ];
 }