diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 8e9f1707a5..4559cb2481 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ (define-public deeptools
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:python ,python-2))
-    (propagated-inputs
+    (inputs
      `(("python-scipy" ,python2-scipy)
        ("python-numpy" ,python2-numpy)
        ("python-matplotlib" ,python2-matplotlib)