diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/mosdepth/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mo/mosdepth/package.nix
index befa0db0636f..cd110fdec8cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mo/mosdepth/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mo/mosdepth/package.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   buildNimPackage,
   fetchFromGitHub,
-  pcre,
   versionCheckHook,
 }:
 
@@ -21,7 +20,6 @@ buildNimPackage (finalAttrs: {
 
   lockFile = ./lock.json;
 
-  buildInputs = [ pcre ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
 
   nimFlags = [ ''--passC:"-Wno-incompatible-pointer-types"'' ];