diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/recode/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/recode/default.nix
index 8c49fb5ee7fc..9f215f41feaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/recode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/recode/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,36 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, python3, perl, intltool, flex, texinfo, libiconv, libintl }:
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, python3Packages
+, flex
+, texinfo
+, libiconv
+, libintl
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "recode";
-  version = "3.7.12";
+  version = "3.7.14";
 
   # Use official tarball, avoid need to bootstrap/generate build system
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/rrthomas/${pname}/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    hash = "sha256-TbHJB28E26oVlyb1AAhH5eWoOuyOXGT4ygQ4P2zaEtU=";
+    hash = "sha256-eGqv1USFGisTsKN36sFQD4IM5iYVzMLmMLUB53Q7nzM=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3 python3.pkgs.cython perl intltool flex texinfo libiconv ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ python3Packages.python flex texinfo libiconv ];
+
   buildInputs = [ libintl ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   doCheck = true;
 
+  nativeCheckInputs = with python3Packages; [
+    cython
+    setuptools
+  ];
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://github.com/rrthomas/recode";
     description = "Converts files between various character sets and usages";