diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/candle/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/candle/default.nix
index a951046ce015..842ef2262d9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/candle/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/candle/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qtbase, qtserialport, qmake }:
+{ mkDerivation, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, qtbase, qtserialport, qmake }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "candle";
   version = "1.1";