diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiff/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiff/default.nix
index 01ea37f3dc5..06dc76d9232 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtiff/default.nix
@@ -87,13 +87,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # TODO: opengl support (bogus configure detection)
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    libdeflate
     libjpeg
     xz
     zlib
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libdeflate ];
-
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   doCheck = true;