diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix
index b3681b7a8b69..2224addf02ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tracker/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 , docbook_xml_dtd_43
 , docbook_xml_dtd_45
 , libxml2
-, upower
 , glib
 , wrapGAppsHook
 , vala
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     glib
     libxml2
     sqlite
-    upower
     icu
     networkmanager
     libsoup