diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
index 16dbaa6029..d17228ef22 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
@@ -460,14 +460,14 @@ attachments, create new maildirs, and so on.")
                         (zero? (system* "./configure"
                                         (string-append "--prefix=" out)))))))))
     (native-inputs
-     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+     `(("bash-completion" ,bash-completion)
+       ("emacs" ,emacs-minimal)
+       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("python" ,python-2)
        ("python-docutils" ,python2-docutils)
-       ("python-sphinx" ,python2-sphinx)
-       ("bash-completion" ,bash-completion)))
+       ("python-sphinx" ,python2-sphinx)))
     (inputs
-     `(("emacs" ,emacs)
-       ("glib" ,glib)
+     `(("glib" ,glib)
        ("gmime" ,gmime)
        ("talloc" ,talloc)
        ("xapian" ,xapian)