diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/vdirsyncer/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/vdirsyncer/default.nix
index 5312445563a..bd3716af2b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/vdirsyncer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/vdirsyncer/default.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0jrxmq8lq0dvqflmh42hhyvc3jjrg1cg3gzfhdcsskj9zz0m6wai";
   };
 
-  pythonPath = with pythonPackages; [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
     icalendar
     click
-    requests
     lxml
     setuptools
     requests_toolbelt