diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 64afc8d0b94..cc7232f235d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5576,7 +5576,7 @@ in modules // {
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = with self; [ keyring colour netifaces praw psutil
       basiciw pkgs.libpulseaudio ];
-    ldWrapperSuffix = "--suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : \"${pkgs.libpulseaudio}/lib\"";
+    ldWrapperSuffix = "--suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : \"${pkgs.libpulseaudio.out}/lib\"";
     makeWrapperArgs = [ ldWrapperSuffix ]; # libpulseaudio.so is loaded manually
 
     postInstall = ''