diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/default.nix
index d61279e38d5d22..24e0f9792d7ad2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycairo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-{ lib, fetchFromGitHub, meson, ninja, buildPythonPackage, pytest, pkgconfig, cairo, xlibsWrapper, isPy3k }:
+{ lib
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, meson
+, ninja
+, buildPythonPackage
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pkg-config
+, cairo
+, isPy3k
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "pycairo";
@@ -16,22 +25,25 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     meson
     ninja
-    pkgconfig
+    pkg-config
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
     cairo
-    xlibsWrapper
   ];
 
-  checkInputs = [ pytest ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
 
-  mesonFlags = [ "-Dpython=${if isPy3k then "python3" else "python"}" ];
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dpython=${if isPy3k then "python3" else "python"}"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Python 2/3 bindings for cairo";
     homepage = "https://pycairo.readthedocs.io/";
-    license = with licenses; [ lgpl2 mpl11 ];
+    license = with licenses; [ lgpl21Only mpl11 ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux ++ lib.platforms.darwin;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 93874b5ff30ddf..09aa5f1ffe451c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -4814,7 +4814,7 @@ in {
 
   pybullet = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pybullet { };
 
-  pycairo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycairo { inherit (pkgs) meson pkgconfig; };
+  pycairo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycairo { inherit (pkgs) meson pkg-config; };
 
   pycallgraph = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycallgraph { };