diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mk/mkbootimage/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mk/mkbootimage/package.nix
index 477497d147ff..d4adce391965 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mk/mkbootimage/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mk/mkbootimage/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   elfutils,
-  pcre,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/271568
   buildInputs = [
     elfutils
-    pcre
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''