diff --git a/pkgs/servers/mail/spamassassin/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/mail/spamassassin/default.nix
index 0e623f7ac04..dc316267e6c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/mail/spamassassin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/mail/spamassassin/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, buildPerlPackage, perl, HTMLParser, NetDNS, NetAddrIP, DBFile
-, HTTPDate, MailDKIM, LWP, IOSocketSSL, IOSocketInet6, makeWrapper, gnupg1
+, HTTPDate, MailDKIM, LWP, IOSocketSSL, makeWrapper, gnupg1
 }:
 
 # TODO: Add the Perl modules ...
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildPerlPackage rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ makeWrapper HTMLParser NetDNS NetAddrIP DBFile HTTPDate MailDKIM
-    LWP IOSocketSSL IOSocketInet6 ];
+    LWP IOSocketSSL ];
 
   # Enabling 'taint' mode is desirable, but that flag disables support
   # for the PERL5LIB environment variable. Needs further investigation.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 32fb0cb4675..28848c19168 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5449,7 +5449,7 @@ let
 
   spamassassin = callPackage ../servers/mail/spamassassin {
     inherit (perlPackages) HTMLParser NetDNS NetAddrIP DBFile
-      HTTPDate MailDKIM LWP IOSocketSSL IOSocketInet6;
+      HTTPDate MailDKIM LWP IOSocketSSL;
   };
 
   samba = callPackage ../servers/samba { };