diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kservice/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kservice/default.nix
index 24c5e681ca8..3a27d85b916 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kservice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kde-frameworks-5.18/kservice/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ kdeFramework {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ kdoctools ];
   buildInputs = [ kcrash kdbusaddons ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ kconfig kcoreaddons ki18n kwindowsystem ];
-  propagatedUserEnvPkgs = [ kcoreaddons ];
   patches = [
     ./0001-qdiriterator-follow-symlinks.patch
     ./0002-no-canonicalize-path.patch