diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/videocr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/videocr/default.nix
index 1158d9fa9171..0685b184c4ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/videocr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/videocr/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "python-Levenshtein" "Levenshtein" \
       --replace "opencv-python" "opencv"
     substituteInPlace videocr/constants.py \
       --replace "master" "main"