diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/elinks/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/elinks/default.nix
index 3278191a9c53..d2cb55810eb0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/elinks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/elinks/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, ncurses, xlibsWrapper, bzip2, zlib
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, ncurses, libX11, bzip2, zlib
 , brotli, zstd, xz, openssl, autoreconfHook, gettext, pkg-config, libev
 , gpm, libidn, tre, expat
 , # Incompatible licenses, LGPLv3 - GPLv2
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
-    ncurses xlibsWrapper bzip2 zlib brotli zstd xz
+    ncurses libX11 bzip2 zlib brotli zstd xz
     openssl libidn tre expat libev
   ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isLinux gpm