diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix
index 6fa29c1dbbd7..e11b34e52bcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperless-ngx/default.nix
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ python.pkgs.pythonPackages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     inotifyrecursive
     joblib
     langdetect
-    pkgs.libmysqlclient
     lxml
     msgpack
     numpy