diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-fast/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-fast/default.nix
index 0ac6c194c0db..c8c30ab9839d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-fast/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dbus-fast/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   lib,
-  async-timeout,
   buildPythonPackage,
   cython,
   dbus,
@@ -41,8 +40,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     setuptools
   ];
 
-  dependencies = [ async-timeout ];
-
   nativeCheckInputs = [
     dbus
     pytest