diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnl-tiny/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnl-tiny/package.nix
index 8310d4d75672..f0fefcc64767 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libnl-tiny/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libnl-tiny/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   lib,
   fetchgit,
   cmake,
-  pkg-config,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
-    pkg-config
   ];
 
   preConfigure = ''