diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/we/wesnoth/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/we/wesnoth/package.nix
index 5f07b6c6f07d..c1b67c128435 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/we/wesnoth/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/we/wesnoth/package.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
   fribidi,
   dbus,
   libpng,
-  pcre,
   openssl,
   icu,
   lua5_4,
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     fribidi
     dbus
     libpng
-    pcre
     openssl
     icu
     lua