diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/khard/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/khard/default.nix
index a10d434a70d3..679dc10291a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/khard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/khard/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgs, pythonPackages }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgs, python2Packages }:
 
-pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
+python2Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   version = "0.8.1";
   name = "khard-${version}";
   namePrefix = "";
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     sha256 = "13axfrs96isirx0c483545xdmjwwfq1k7yy92xpk7l184v71rgi1";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [
     atomicwrites
     configobj
     vobject
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     pyyaml
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = with pythonPackages; [
-    pkgs.vdirsyncer
-  ];
-
   meta = {
     homepage = https://github.com/scheibler/khard;
     description = "Console carddav client";