diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/package.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/package.nix
index cb5dc354cf74..6e0df870b378 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/package.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     setuptools
   ];
 
+  pythonRemoveDeps = [
+    # distinfo renamed to libpass
+    "passlib"
+  ];
+
   dependencies = with python3.pkgs; [
     aiosmtpd
     alembic