diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/image/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/image/default.nix
index 3a5df2b848cd..e09b93e71bbe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/image/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/image/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   buildOctavePackage,
   lib,
   fetchurl,
-  mesa,
   gnuplot,
   makeFontsConf,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ buildOctavePackage rec {
   };
 
   nativeOctavePkgTestInputs = [
-    mesa
     gnuplot
     writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
index e29b26e52230..dd7e397834f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/octave-modules/statistics/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   io,
   datatypes,
-  mesa,
   gnuplot,
   makeFontsConf,
   writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ buildOctavePackage rec {
   ];
 
   nativeOctavePkgTestInputs = [
-    mesa
     gnuplot
     writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 08dc904487d3..89a847c6dcea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ makeScope newScope (
 
     image = callPackage ../development/octave-modules/image {
       inherit (pkgs)
-        mesa
         gnuplot
         makeFontsConf
         writableTmpDirAsHomeHook