diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs/default.nix
index cb6a4dbf6f81..f4f258cb283c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/cvs/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, vim}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, nano}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "cvs-1.12.13";
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = http://ftp.gnu.org/non-gnu/cvs/source/feature/1.12.13/cvs-1.12.13.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "956ab476ce276c2d19d583e227dbdbea";
   };
-  buildInputs = [vim];
+  buildInputs = [nano];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a782ec3dc77c..d0f4ab5c5ed5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4765,7 +4765,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   cvs = import ../applications/version-management/cvs {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv vim;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv nano;
   };
 
   cvs2svn = import ../applications/version-management/cvs2svn {