diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
index 0ee4137eb23..a372a92e948 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
@@ -202,6 +202,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = import ./../../browsers/firefox/update.nix {
     attrPath = "thunderbird";
     baseUrl = "http://archive.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/";
-    inherit writeScript lib common-updater-scripts xidel coreutils gnused gnugrep curl;
+    inherit stdenv writeScript lib common-updater-scripts xidel coreutils gnused gnugrep curl;
   };
 }