diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix
index bfa0e0e54469..0c1569145e6a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ buildGoPackage rec {
   };
 
   goPackagePath = "github.com/sylabs/singularity";
-  goDeps = ./deps.nix;
 
   buildInputs = [ gpgme openssl libuuid ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ removeReferencesTo utillinux which makeWrapper cryptsetup ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/deps.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fe51488c7066..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/singularity/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[]