diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix
index 30197933534b..69c4cc1a72dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/codeium/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ melpaBuild {
     rev = "1.6.13";
     hash = "sha256-CjT21GhryO8/iM0Uzm/s/I32WqVo4M3tSlHC06iEDXA=";
   };
-  buildInputs = [ pkgs.codeium ];
 
   patches = [
     (substituteAll {