diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailpile/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailpile/default.nix
index 031e835d3f7..05fea05fd14 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailpile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/mailpile/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchgit, pythonPackages, gnupg1orig, makeWrapper, openssl }:
+{ stdenv, fetchgit, python2Packages, gnupg1orig, makeWrapper, openssl }:
 
-pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   name = "mailpile-${version}";
   version = "0.4.1";
 
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   };
 
   patchPhase = ''
-    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "data_files.append((dir" "data_files.append(('lib/${pythonPackages.python.libPrefix}/site-packages/' + dir"
+    substituteInPlace setup.py --replace "data_files.append((dir" "data_files.append(('lib/${python2Packages.python.libPrefix}/site-packages/' + dir"
   '';
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
-    makeWrapper pillow jinja2 spambayes pythonPackages.lxml
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [
+    makeWrapper pillow jinja2 spambayes python2Packages.lxml
     pgpdump gnupg1orig
   ];
 
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
       --prefix PATH ":" "${stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ gnupg1orig openssl ]}"
   '';
 
+  # No tests were found
+  doCheck = false;
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A modern, fast web-mail client with user-friendly encryption and privacy features";
     homepage = https://www.mailpile.is/;