diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/viewnior/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/viewnior/default.nix
index 4f5fb12faa6..a80e89e72bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/viewnior/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/viewnior/default.nix
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       shared-mime-info glib gdk-pixbuf perl
     ];
 
-  preFixup = ''
-    rm $out/share/icons/*/icon-theme.cache
-  '';
-
   meta = {
     description = "Fast and simple image viewer";
     longDescription =