diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index 011f146e8134..045eac73bbca 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -139,9 +139,6 @@ let
 in
 {
   alpha-nvim = super.alpha-nvim.overrideAttrs {
-    dependencies = [
-      self.nvim-web-devicons # required by the startify theme
-    ];
     nvimRequireCheck = "alpha";
   };