diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yara/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yara/package.nix
index bd6108e8da5d..34574c744c14 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ya/yara/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ya/yara/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   autoreconfHook,
-  pcre,
   pkg-config,
   protobufc,
   withCrypto ? true,
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs =
     [
-      pcre
       protobufc
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals withCrypto [ openssl ]