diff --git a/gnu/packages/rrdtool.scm b/gnu/packages/rrdtool.scm
index b1370da003..9c4859b52d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/rrdtool.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/rrdtool.scm
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
      (list cairo
            freetype
            glib
-           gtk+-2
            libxml2
            pango
            python))