diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index 4f3c7b01c7..37a8c3f877 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -2373,7 +2373,7 @@ different sorts of messages in different formats.")
           (base32 "02wb61h2k3hhis5y2xi5rhc6pmikd13x722hk620sqb9b3m5pn3s"))))
       (build-system gnu-build-system)
       (native-inputs (list autoconf automake libtool pkg-config))
-      (inputs (list libxslt python-wrapper python-dbus-1.2))
+      (inputs (list libxslt python-wrapper python-dbus))
       (propagated-inputs (list telepathy-glib))
       (home-page "https://telepathy.freedesktop.org/")
       (synopsis "Telepathy IRC connection manager")