diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix
index 812cfbda8ff..780ed5e592f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1mfw44qpmwvz6yzj8c6spx6z357wrmkk15byrkc5byagd82860fm";
   };
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ]; # to deal with propagatedBuildInputs
-
   PKG_CONFIG_GIO_2_0_GIOMODULEDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/gio/modules";
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     python3 # for install_script
   ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+  buildInputs = [
     glib
     gnutls
     p11-kit