diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
index 1b03efdcd4df..b14ebb67374a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/xfce/panel-plugins/xfce4-pulseaudio-plugin/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { lib
 , mkXfceDerivation
-, automakeAddFlags
 , exo
 , gtk3
 , libcanberra
@@ -20,10 +19,6 @@ mkXfceDerivation {
   version = "0.4.8";
   sha256 = "sha256-7vcjARm0O+/hVNFzOpxcgAnqD+wRNg5/eqXLcq4t/iU=";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [
-    automakeAddFlags
-  ];
-
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace configure.ac.in --replace gio-2.0 gio-unix-2.0
   '';