diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.21/kfilemetadata/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.21/kfilemetadata/default.nix
index c00a4c288e80..bc7349e7453f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.21/kfilemetadata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/kde-5/frameworks-5.21/kfilemetadata/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ kdeFramework {
   meta = { maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.ttuegel ]; };
   patches = copyPathsToStore (lib.readPathsFromFile ./. ./series);
   nativeBuildInputs = [ extra-cmake-modules ];
-  buildInputs = [ ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     attr ebook_tools exiv2 ffmpeg karchive ki18n poppler qtbase taglib
   ];