diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/swspotify/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swspotify/default.nix
index 7778c1225558..85cd2ed7c168 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/swspotify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/swspotify/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     requests flask flask-cors dbus-python
   ];
 
-  preConfigure = ''
+  postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
       --replace 'flask==2.0.1' 'flask'
   '';