diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix
index 40921cc3dafb..bb7552f068df 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ge/geary/package.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   glib-networking,
   gobject-introspection,
   gspell,
-  appstream-glib,
   libstemmer,
   libytnef,
   libhandy,
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [
     adwaita-icon-theme
-    appstream-glib
     enchant2
     folks
     gcr
@@ -116,6 +114,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     patchShebangs build-aux/git_version.py
 
+    # Only used for generating .pot file
+    # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/geary/-/merge_requests/856
+    substituteInPlace meson.build \
+      --replace-fail "appstream_glib = dependency('appstream-glib', version: '>=0.7.10')" ""
+
     chmod +x desktop/geary-attach
   '';