diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/nvim-spectre/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/nvim-spectre/default.nix
index 4de9cbeaa0a3..5499303b5e8b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/nvim-spectre/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/non-generated/nvim-spectre/default.nix
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ vimUtils.buildVimPlugin {
     ln -s ${spectre_oxi}/lib/libspectre_oxi.* $out/lua/spectre_oxi.so
   '';
 
-  nvimRequireCheck = "spectre";
-
   passthru = {
     updateScript = nix-update-script {
       extraArgs = [ "--version=branch" ];