diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/default.nix
index 2334604903f..68e128569fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/plasma-5/kwin/default.nix
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 , kxmlgui
 , plasma-framework
 , libqaccessibilityclient
-, python3
 }:
 
 # TODO (ttuegel): investigate qmlplugindump failure