diff --git a/gnu/packages/key-mon.scm b/gnu/packages/key-mon.scm
index c890f85f8d..dbfee050a9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/key-mon.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/key-mon.scm
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ (define-public key-mon
        #:tests? #f))                         ;no tests
     (native-inputs
      `(("python2-setuptools" ,python2-setuptools)))
-    (propagated-inputs
+    (inputs
      `(("python2-xlib" ,python2-xlib)
        ("python2-pygtk" ,python2-pygtk)
        ("librsvg" ,librsvg)