diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-autorefs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-autorefs/default.nix
index ea1dffdf0db0..dd88bd332e0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-autorefs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mkdocs-autorefs/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib
-, buildPythonApplication
+, buildPythonPackage
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , markdown
 , mkdocs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 , pythonOlder
 }:
 
-buildPythonApplication rec {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "mkdocs-autorefs";
   version = "0.4.1";
   format = "pyproject";