diff --git a/gnu/packages/xnee.scm b/gnu/packages/xnee.scm
index d687f277b318508caff760c4cdc8978febbc403d..907117d73bd5e35c67f0d063d9d7bee281b407de 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xnee.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xnee.scm
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ (define-module (gnu packages xnee)
   #:use-module (guix download)
   #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
   #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages gtk))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config))
 
 (define-public xnee
   (package
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ (define-public xnee
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("inputproto" ,inputproto)
        ("libxi" ,libxi)
-       ("gtk+" ,gtk+)
        ("libxtst" ,libxtst)
        ("xextproto" ,xextproto)
        ("libxext" ,libxext)