diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
index af72e6a6e3e0..8d17cec5f610 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/mendeley/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   fetchurl,
   appimageTools,
-  gconf,
   imagemagick,
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 28dc69518440..448fd3539b59 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9468,9 +9468,7 @@ with pkgs;
   mediaelch-qt5 = callPackage ../by-name/me/mediaelch/package.nix { qtVersion = 5; };
   mediaelch-qt6 = mediaelch;
 
-  mendeley = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/office/mendeley {
-    gconf = gnome2.GConf;
-  };
+  mendeley = callPackage ../applications/office/mendeley { };
 
   mercurialFull = mercurial.override { fullBuild = true; };