diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
index cc304d9aa1e..196fce0d98a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, less }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "gzip-1.6";