diff --git a/pkgs/servers/neard/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/neard/default.nix
index a638c0638528..670806db17e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/neard/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/neard/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, systemd, glib, dbus, libnl, pythonPackages }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, systemd, glib, dbus, libnl, python2Packages }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "neard-0.16";
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0bpdmyxvd3z54p95apz4bjb5jp8hbc04sicjapcryjwa8mh6pbil";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ systemd glib dbus libnl pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
-  pythonPath = [ pythonPackages.pygobject2 pythonPackages.dbus-python pythonPackages.pygtk ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoreconfHook pkg-config python2Packages.wrapPython ];
+  buildInputs = [ systemd glib dbus libnl ] ++ (with python2Packages; [ python ]);
+  pythonPath = with python2Packages; [ pygobject2 dbus-python pygtk ];
+
+  strictDeps = true;
 
   configureFlags = [ "--disable-debug" "--enable-tools" "--enable-ese" "--with-systemdsystemunitdir=$out/lib/systemd/system" ];