diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/default.nix
index 65e10c5a399..23b36db8fe1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libxmlxx/default.nix
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ glibmm ];
-
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libxml2 glibmm ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://libxmlplusplus.sourceforge.net/;