diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
index e57de946e11..3c8c90a98a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/open-vm-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, autoreconfHook, fetchpatch,
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, autoreconfHook,
   bash, fuse, libmspack, openssl, pam, xercesc, icu, libdnet, procps, libtirpc, rpcsvc-proto,
   libX11, libXext, libXinerama, libXi, libXrender, libXrandr, libXtst,
   pkg-config, glib, gdk-pixbuf-xlib, gtk3, gtkmm3, iproute2, dbus, systemd, which,
-  linux-pam, libdrm, udev,
+  libdrm, udev,
   withX ? true }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {