diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/br/brltty/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/br/brltty/package.nix
index 5885c511d333..a2bba6ec5aa2 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/br/brltty/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/br/brltty/package.nix
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-MoDYjHU6aJY9e5cgjm9InOEDGCs+jvlEurMWg9wo4RY=";
   };
 
+  depsBuildBuild = [ pkg-config ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [
-    pkg-config
     python3.pkgs.cython
     python3.pkgs.setuptools
     tcl # One of build scripts require tclsh