diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/jabref/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/jabref/default.nix
index 3974e75a2f7..4eb39f4d1f8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/jabref/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/jabref/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem, wrapGAppsHook, gtk3, gsettings-desktop-schemas
-, zlib , libX11, libXext, libXi, libXrender, libXtst, libGL, alsaLib, libav, cairo, freetype, pango, gdk-pixbuf, glib }:
+, zlib , libX11, libXext, libXi, libXrender, libXtst, libGL, alsaLib, cairo, freetype, pango, gdk-pixbuf, glib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.1";
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper wrapGAppsHook ];
   buildInputs = [ gsettings-desktop-schemas ] ++ systemLibs;
 
-  systemLibs = [ gtk3 zlib libX11 libXext libXi libXrender libXtst libGL alsaLib libav cairo freetype pango gdk-pixbuf glib ];
+  systemLibs = [ gtk3 zlib libX11 libXext libXi libXrender libXtst libGL alsaLib cairo freetype pango gdk-pixbuf glib ];
   systemLibPaths = lib.makeLibraryPath systemLibs;
 
   installPhase = ''