diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mtpfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mtpfs/default.nix
index 58c5a8d54a2..0a6623bfdc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mtpfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/mtpfs/default.nix
@@ -7,13 +7,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ fuse libmtp glib libid3tag libmad ];
 
-  # adding LIBS is a hack, duno why it does not find libid3tag.so by adding buildInputs
-  preConfigure = ''
-    export MAD_CFLAGS=${libmad}/include
-    export MAD_LIBS=${libmad}/lib/libmad.so
-    export LIBS=${libid3tag}/lib/libid3tag.so
-  '';
-
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://www.adebenham.com/files/mtp/mtpfs-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "07acrqb17kpif2xcsqfqh5j4axvsa4rnh6xwnpqab5b9w5ykbbqv";