diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
index 445483c1ecde..fa077fbbcdaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 , pkg-config
 , ethtool
 , util-linux
-, ipset
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchurl
 , fetchzip
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     bridge-utils
     ethtool
     util-linux # kubelet wants 'nsenter' from util-linux: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/26093#issuecomment-705994388
-    ipset
     conntrack-tools
   ];