diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 93e18b2fb9..fff9a666a6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -2994,13 +2994,13 @@ (define-public python-sphinx
        ("python-docutils" ,python-docutils)
        ("python-jinja2" ,python-jinja2)
        ("python-pygments" ,python-pygments)
+       ("python-requests" ,python-requests)
        ("python-six" ,python-six)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("graphviz" ,graphviz)
        ("python-html5lib" ,python-html5lib)
        ("python-mock" ,python-mock)
-       ("python-nose" ,python-nose)
-       ("python-requests" ,python-requests)))
+       ("python-nose" ,python-nose)))
     (home-page "http://sphinx-doc.org/")
     (synopsis "Python documentation generator")
     (description "Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create documentation