diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/retext/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/retext/default.nix
index ec34960e20d2..3288b8e90adc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/retext/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/retext/default.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ in python.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
 
   doCheck = false;
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper pythonEnv ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ pythonEnv ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     mv $out/bin/retext $out/bin/.retext