diff --git a/pkgs/kde/frameworks/kdoctools/default.nix b/pkgs/kde/frameworks/kdoctools/default.nix
index 8e8341997a2b..996e75c88538 100644
--- a/pkgs/kde/frameworks/kdoctools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/kde/frameworks/kdoctools/default.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 mkKdeDerivation {
   pname = "kdoctools";
 
-  # lots of self-references, the output is pretty small (~5MB), not worth trying to untangle
-  outputs = ["out"];
-
   # Perl could be used both at build time and at runtime.
   extraNativeBuildInputs = [perl perlPackages.URI];
   extraBuildInputs = [docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook-xsl-nons];