diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
index dd9bcd878d9d..bd6febeaf9d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkg-config, gtk2, gtk2-x11, gtkspell2, aspell
+{ callPackage, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, pkg-config, gtk2, gtk2-x11, gtkspell2, aspell
 , gst_all_1, libstartup_notification, gettext, perlPackages, libxml2, nss
 , nspr, farstream, libXScrnSaver, avahi, dbus, dbus-glib, intltool, libidn
 , lib, python3, libICE, libXext, libSM, libgnt, ncurses, cyrus_sasl, openssl
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ let unwrapped = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 };
 
 in if plugins == [] then unwrapped
-    else import ./wrapper.nix {
-      inherit makeWrapper symlinkJoin plugins;
+    else callPackage ./wrapper.nix {
+      inherit plugins;
       pidgin = unwrapped;
     }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/wrapper.nix
index 095f838fe981..d5641c24fb07 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin/wrapper.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ symlinkJoin, pidgin, makeWrapper, plugins }:
+{ lib, symlinkJoin, pidgin, makeWrapper, plugins }:
 
 let
 extraArgs = map (x: x.wrapArgs or "") plugins;
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ in symlinkJoin {
 
   postBuild = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/pidgin \
-      --suffix-each PURPLE_PLUGIN_PATH ':' "$out/lib/purple-${pidgin.majorVersion} $out/lib/pidgin" \
+      --suffix-each PURPLE_PLUGIN_PATH ':' "$out/lib/purple-${lib.versions.major pidgin.version} $out/lib/pidgin" \
       ${toString extraArgs}
     wrapProgram $out/bin/finch \
-      --suffix-each PURPLE_PLUGIN_PATH ':' "$out/lib/purple-${pidgin.majorVersion}" \
+      --suffix-each PURPLE_PLUGIN_PATH ':' "$out/lib/purple-${lib.versions.major pidgin.version}" \
       ${toString extraArgs}
   '';
 }