diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index 574ea3a44cc9..16015c11c3dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -2913,8 +2913,6 @@ assertNoAdditions {
   });
 
   perfanno-nvim = super.perfanno-nvim.overrideAttrs (old: {
-    dependencies = [ gperf ];
-
     meta = old.meta // {
       maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fredeb ];
     };