diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Theano/theano-without-cuda/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Theano/theano-without-cuda/default.nix
index 90255407002..e93af743619 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/Theano/theano-without-cuda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/Theano/theano-without-cuda/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # the fix for which hasn't been merged yet.
 
   # keep Nose around since running the tests by hand is possible from Python or bash
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ stdenv nose numpy numpy.blas pydot_ng scipy six ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose numpy numpy.blas pydot_ng scipy six ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://deeplearning.net/software/theano/;