diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix
index 0ed9ff42c6cd..d12a245c3226 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pi/picom-pijulius/package.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
   lib,
   writeShellScript,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pcre,
-  asciidoctor,
   unstableGitUpdater
 }:
 picom.overrideAttrs (previousAttrs: {
@@ -18,9 +16,6 @@ picom.overrideAttrs (previousAttrs: {
     hash = "sha256-om4vHKXA1FFy6b6DrmVunfOMco3SZxiNoIYyXK+j7k8=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = (previousAttrs.buildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ pcre ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = (previousAttrs.nativeBuildInputs or [ ]) ++ [ asciidoctor ];
-
   dontVersionCheck = true;
 
   meta = {