diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/postorius.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/postorius.nix
index 1f3171f18a7f..1a0b23941485 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/postorius.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/postorius.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-GmbIqO+03LgbUxJ1nTStXrYN3t2MfvzbeYRAipfTW1o=";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ django-mailman3 readme-renderer ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    django-mailman3 readme-renderer
+  ] ++ readme-renderer.optional-dependencies.md;
   nativeCheckInputs = [ beautifulsoup4 vcrpy mock ];
 
   # Tries to connect to database.
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/python.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/python.nix
index 9eddfea2e51c..258cba0ab8b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/python.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/mailman/python.nix
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ lib.fix (self: python3.override {
           hash = "sha256-WF3FFrnrBCphnvCjnD19Vf6BvbTfCaUsnN3g0Hvxqn0=";
         };
       });
-
-      readme-renderer = super.readme-renderer.overridePythonAttrs (_: {
-        propagatedBuildInputs = [ self.cmarkgfm ];
-      });
     })
 
     overlay;