diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/default.nix
index f8ff5ef966d0..7c047fe32f4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs/elisp-packages/manual-packages/color-theme-solarized/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   lib,
-  color-theme,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   melpaBuild,
   unstableGitUpdater,
@@ -17,8 +16,6 @@ melpaBuild {
     hash = "sha256-7E8r56dzfD06tsQEnqU5mWSbwz9x9QPbzken2J/fhlg=";
   };
 
-  packageRequires = [ color-theme ];
-
   passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
 
   meta = {