diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix
index 0e5590a9420..c4a616856ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/arangodb/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   buildInputs = [
-    openssl zlib go readline python
+    openssl zlib readline python
   ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];