diff --git a/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm b/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
index 323d5b4457..66306e97fc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sphinx.scm
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 for Python projects or other documents consisting of multiple reStructuredText
 sources.")
     (license license:bsd-2)
-    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-sphinx))))))
+    (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python-sphinx))))))
 
 ;; Sphinx 2 does not support Python 2, so we stick with this older version here.
 ;; Remove this package once python2-pbcore no longer requires it.