diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
index 97b1630bfe10..a227534a9218 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fi/fish/package.nix
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     pkg-config
     rustc
     rustPlatform.cargoSetupHook
+    sphinx
     # Avoid warnings when building the manpages about HOME not being writable
     writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
@@ -350,7 +351,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     glibcLocales
     (python3.withPackages (ps: [ ps.pexpect ]))
     procps
-    sphinx
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin [
     # For the getconf command, used in default-setup-path.fish