diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 054ecd13889..37b64c097ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1616,6 +1616,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
   
   ldap = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "python-ldap-2.4.3";
+    namePrefix = "";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/python-ldap/${name}.tar.gz";