diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/htmldocs.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/htmldocs.nix
index ce7ea63f0a6d9..4039dafad5524 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/htmldocs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/htmldocs.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ let
     packageOverrides = final: prev: rec {
       docutils_old = prev.docutils.overridePythonAttrs (oldAttrs: rec {
         version = "0.16";
-        src = oldAttrs.src.override {
+        src = final.fetchPypi {
+          pname = "docutils";
           inherit version;
           sha256 = "sha256-wt46YOnn0Hvia38rAMoDCcIH4GwQD5zCqUkx/HWkePw=";
         };