diff --git a/gnu/packages/distributed.scm b/gnu/packages/distributed.scm
index 3b1467abd3..8198a6e586 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/distributed.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/distributed.scm
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
                   gtk+
                   gdk-pixbuf
                   libnotify
-                  libzip
                   sqlite
                   python
                   python-pyserial))