diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpst/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpst/default.nix
index 574fa18ae4e..3478ae14e66 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpst/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpst/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, boost, python2, libgsf,
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, boost, libgsf,
   pkgconfig, bzip2, xmlto, gettext, imagemagick, doxygen }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "libpst-0.6.71";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/packages/${name}.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "130nksrwgi3ih32si5alvxwzd5kmlg8yi7p03w0h7w9r3b90i4pv";
-    };
+    url = "http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/packages/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "130nksrwgi3ih32si5alvxwzd5kmlg8yi7p03w0h7w9r3b90i4pv";
+  };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkgconfig ];
-  buildInputs = [ boost python2 libgsf bzip2
+  buildInputs = [
+    boost libgsf bzip2
     xmlto gettext imagemagick doxygen
   ];
 
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--enable-python=no"
+  ];
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {