diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail/default.nix
index 6f280257692c..c04d92a7068c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/getmail/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, buildPythonApplication }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pythonPackages }:
 
-buildPythonApplication rec {
+pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
   version = "4.50.0";
   name = "getmail-${version}";
   namePrefix = "";