diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 01083e7fa9c2..895b4e4bdfcb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -952,7 +952,6 @@ let
     tesseract = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
     textshaping = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
     themetagenomics = [ pkgs.zlib.dev ];
-    tiff = [ pkgs.libtiff.dev ];
     tinyimg = with pkgs; [
       cargo
       rustc
@@ -1599,6 +1598,7 @@ let
     ];
     tfevents = [ pkgs.protobuf ];
     tidypopgen = [ pkgs.zlib.dev ];
+    tiff = [ pkgs.libtiff ];
     tikzDevice = with pkgs; [
       which
       texliveMedium