diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
index beca4fed17d..658388eabae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/matplotlib/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin [ Cocoa ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs =
-    [ cycler dateutil nose numpy pyparsing tornado freetype kiwisolver
+    [ cycler dateutil numpy pyparsing tornado freetype kiwisolver
       libpng mock pytz ]
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.3") backports_functools_lru_cache
     ++ stdenv.lib.optionals enableGtk3 [ cairo pycairo gtk3 gobject-introspection pygobject3 ]