diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
index 1edbddc8ea72..0a32c2fc6f89 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 , qttools, qtsvg, qtwayland, pkg-config, which, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_43
 , alsa-lib, curl, libvpx, nettools, dbus, substituteAll, gsoap, zlib, xz
 , yasm, glslang
-, linuxPackages
 , nixosTests
 # If open-watcom-bin is not passed, VirtualBox will fall back to use
 # the shipped alternative sources (assembly).