diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
index 4136d263eac4..afef0bef8a48 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/wrapper.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , makeWrapper
 , retroarch
 , symlinkJoin
-, writeTextDir
 , cores ? [ ]
 }: