diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrencode/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrencode/package.nix
index 1194cc014ba7..fca976b41d14 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrencode/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qr/qrencode/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   pkg-config,
-  SDL2,
   libpng,
   libiconv,
   autoreconfHook,
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: rec {
     libpng
   ];
 
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ SDL2 ];
-
   doCheck = false;
 
   checkPhase = ''