diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/el/elfutils/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/el/elfutils/package.nix
index af61f576933c..d56511853384 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/el/elfutils/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/el/elfutils/package.nix
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     flex
     gettext
     bzip2
-  ]
-  ++ lib.optional enableDebuginfod pkg-config;
+    pkg-config
+  ];
   buildInputs = [
     zlib
     zstd