diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torch/source/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torch/source/default.nix
index e85a9d2cce28..1936a0c89abd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torch/source/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torch/source/default.nix
@@ -598,7 +598,6 @@ buildPythonPackage.override { inherit stdenv; } (finalAttrs: {
     hypothesis
     jinja2
     networkx
-    ninja
     packaging
     psutil
     pyyaml