diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/an/ansifilter/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/an/ansifilter/package.nix
index 11a138863a79..4e8ad58e7b43 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/an/ansifilter/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/an/ansifilter/package.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitLab,
   pkg-config,
-  boost,
-  lua,
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
@@ -21,10 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
   ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    boost
-    lua
-  ];
 
   postPatch = ''
     # avoid timestamp non-determinism with '-n'