diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index a4321161b0ac..456905ad2a98 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ let
     BayesXsrc = [ pkgs.gsl ]; # for gsl-config
     BigDataStatMeth = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
     BiocCheck = [ pkgs.which ];
-    BitSeq = [ pkgs.zlib.dev ];
     Cairo = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
     Cardinal = [ pkgs.which ];
     CellBarcode = [ pkgs.zlib ];
@@ -1067,6 +1066,7 @@ let
     BayesSAE = [ pkgs.gsl ];
     BayesVarSel = [ pkgs.gsl ];
     BigDataStatMeth = [ pkgs.zlib ];
+    BitSeq = [ pkgs.zlib ];
     CBN2Path = [ pkgs.gsl ];
     CLVTools = [ pkgs.gsl ];
     CNEr = with pkgs; [ zlib ];