diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.8/kdelibs.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.8/kdelibs.nix
index 80e3d06a732..106909ac3db 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.8/kdelibs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-4.8/kdelibs.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 , automoc4, strigi, soprano, qca2, attica, enchant, libdbusmenu_qt
 , docbook_xml_dtd_42, docbook_xsl, polkit_qt_1
 , getopt, udev, herqq, phonon, libjpeg
-, pkgconfig
 }:
 
 kde {
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ kde {
       acl attr attica avahi bzip2 enchant fam getopt giflib herqq jasper
       libdbusmenu_qt libXScrnSaver libxslt pcre polkit_qt_1 qca2
       shared_desktop_ontologies udev xz libxml2 libjpeg kerberos
-      pkgconfig
     ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ qt4 soprano strigi phonon ];