diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
index dd432f0c474e..a2fdd33747b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mupdf/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "01n26cy41lc2fjri63s4js23ixxb4nd37aafry3hz4i4id6wd8x2";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig zlib freetype libjpeg jbig2dec openjpeg libX11 libXext ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ openjpeg libjpeg jbig2dec ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib freetype libX11 libXext ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix
index e7232c2dc58a..ad5993cf5819 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/pdf-mupdf/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zathura_core, gtk, girara, mupdf, openssl, openjpeg, libjpeg, jbig2dec }:
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, zathura_core, gtk, girara, mupdf, openssl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.2.8";
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0439ls8xqnq6hqa53hd0wqxh1qf0xmccfi3pb0m4mlfs5iv952wz";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig zathura_core gtk girara openssl mupdf openjpeg libjpeg jbig2dec ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig zathura_core gtk girara openssl mupdf ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "PLUGINDIR=$(out)/lib" ];