diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
index a42e2ad6eeaf..b41a170aee6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/p2p/transmission/4.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   inotify-tools,
   systemd,
   zlib,
-  pcre,
   rapidjson,
   small,
   libb64,
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@
   miniupnpc,
   dht,
   libnatpmp,
-  libiconv,
   # Build options
   enableGTK3 ? false,
   gtkmm3,
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ let
       libpsl
       miniupnpc
       openssl
-      pcre
       zlib
     ]
     ++ optionals enableSystemd [ systemd ]
@@ -136,7 +133,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libutp
     miniupnpc
     openssl
-    pcre
     rapidjson
     small
     utf8cpp
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/clementine/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/clementine/package.nix
index 0b93d566a882..672eb96a2b53 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/clementine/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cl/clementine/package.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
   libpulseaudio,
   gvfs,
   libcdio,
-  pcre,
   projectm_3,
   protobuf,
   pkg-config,
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     gvfs
     libsForQt5.liblastfm
     libpulseaudio
-    pcre
     projectm_3
     protobuf
     libsForQt5.qca-qt5
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xo/xournalpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xo/xournalpp/package.nix
index b7005cb3a63d..9b3884c3d47e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xo/xournalpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xo/xournalpp/package.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
   adwaita-icon-theme,
   alsa-lib,
-  binutils,
   glib,
   gsettings-desktop-schemas,
   gtk3,
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@
   libsndfile,
   libxml2,
   libzip,
-  pcre,
   poppler,
   portaudio,
   qpdf,
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libsndfile
     libxml2
     libzip
-    pcre
     poppler
     portaudio
     qpdf