diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix
index 1b81ebaf1b1f..2cc4abee7184 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
   gnutls,
   iproute2,
   iptables,
-  libgcrypt,
   libpcap,
   libtasn1,
   libxml2,
@@ -226,7 +225,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     dbus
     glib
     gnutls
-    libgcrypt
     libpcap
     libtasn1
     libxml2