diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/strongswan/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/strongswan/default.nix
index e4bd8e2fb6a..8cd76b9ca4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/strongswan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/strongswan/default.nix
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ++ optionals enableTNC [ trousers sqlite libxml2 ]
     ++ optionals stdenv.isLinux [ systemd.dev pam iptables ]
     ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin (with darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks; [ SystemConfiguration ])
-    ++ optionals enableNetworkManager [ networkmanager ]
-    # ad-hoc fix for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/51787
-    # Remove when the above PR lands in master
-    ++ [ libpcap ];
+    ++ optionals enableNetworkManager [ networkmanager ];
 
   patches = [
     ./ext_auth-path.patch