diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pl/plex-desktop/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pl/plex-desktop/package.nix
index 25b8c50fbe13..6dae4b0a9212 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pl/plex-desktop/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pl/plex-desktop/package.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ let
     buildInputs = [
       elfutils
       ffmpeg_6-headless
+      libedit
       libpulseaudio
       libva
       libxkbcommon
@@ -106,8 +107,6 @@ let
       rm $out/lib/libdrm.so*
       rm $out/lib/libdrm*
 
-      ln -s ${libedit}/lib/libedit.so.0 $out/lib/libedit.so.2
-
       # Keep dependencies where the version from nixpkgs is higher.
       cp usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2 $out/lib/libasound.so.2
       cp usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjbig.so.0 $out/lib/libjbig.so.0