diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docker_compose/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docker_compose/default.nix
index 6084afb39d4..e6be57c8b52 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/docker_compose/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/docker_compose/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 , pyyaml, backports_ssl_match_hostname, colorama, docopt
 , dockerpty, docker, ipaddress, jsonschema, requests
 , six, texttable, websocket_client, cached-property
-, enum34, functools32
+, enum34, functools32,
 }:
 buildPythonApplication rec {
   version = "1.18.0";
   pname = "docker-compose";
-  name = "${pname}-${version}";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   # lots of networking and other fails
   doCheck = false;
-  buildInputs = [ mock pytest nose ];
+  checkInputs = [ mock pytest nose ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     pyyaml backports_ssl_match_hostname colorama dockerpty docker
     ipaddress jsonschema requests six texttable websocket_client
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ buildPythonApplication rec {
     stdenv.lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.4") enum34 ++
     stdenv.lib.optional (pythonOlder "3.2") functools32;
 
-  patchPhase = ''
+  postPatch = ''
     # Remove upper bound on requires, see also
     # https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/4431
     sed -i "s/, < .*',$/',/" setup.py