diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index 4b1dbbdb49e43107144334c27cf819c7dbc4bd5e..1179e09901a7f5d8376b18b84e6aa756762deafe 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -5025,7 +5025,6 @@ (define-public mutter
        ("cairo" ,cairo)
        ("gdk-pixbuf" ,gdk-pixbuf)
        ("glib" ,glib)
-       ("gtk+" ,gtk+)
        ("json-glib" ,json-glib)
        ("libinput" ,libinput)
        ("libx11" ,libx11)