diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
index 16c94a6e59d3..1bdf1a411e77 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/arrow-cpp/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 , google-cloud-cpp
 , grpc
 , gtest
-, jemalloc
 , libbacktrace
 , lz4
 , minio