diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlx/default.nix
index 2cddc0359c93..c68c8d78bd68 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/mlx/default.nix
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   buildInputs = [
     fmt
-    gguf-tools
     nlohmann_json
     pybind11
   ]