diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
index 7f4584f9c73..09890e8694f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pylint/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, astroid, buildPythonPackage }:
 
-pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   name = "pylint-1.4.1";
   namePrefix = "";
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "0c7hw1pcp5sqmc0v86zygw21isfgzbsqdmlb1sywncnlxmh30f1y";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ astroid ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ astroid ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     mkdir -p $out/share/emacs/site-lisp
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ed274bcdb1b..14041573472 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9000,7 +9000,7 @@ let
 
   pyGtkGlade = pythonPackages.pyGtkGlade;
 
-  pylint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint { };
+  pylint = pythonPackages.pylint;
 
   pyopenssl = pythonPackages.pyopenssl;
 
@@ -15033,10 +15033,7 @@ let
 
   simgrid = callPackage ../applications/science/misc/simgrid { };
 
-  spyder = callPackage ../applications/science/spyder {
-    inherit (pythonPackages) pyflakes rope sphinx numpy scipy matplotlib; # recommended
-    inherit (pythonPackages) ipython pep8; # optional
-  };
+  spyder = pythonPackages.spyder;
 
   stellarium = callPackage ../applications/science/astronomy/stellarium { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index e0e6a0f6332..ab405e70af8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ in modules // {
 
   blivet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/blivet { };
 
+  pylint = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pylint { };
+
   dbus = callPackage ../development/python-modules/dbus {
     dbus = pkgs.dbus;
   };