diff --git a/gnu/system/image.scm b/gnu/system/image.scm
index 43217ddf86517579493584ca36eeab54afecfa65..3904c2a17d2e94ab5398b92fcfa370a8a523b149 100644
--- a/gnu/system/image.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/image.scm
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ (define (partition-image partition)
              (image-builder
               (with-imported-modules*
                (let ((initializer #$(partition-initializer partition))
-                     (inputs '#+(list e2fsprogs fakeroot dosfstools mtools
-                                      sed coreutils))
+                     (inputs '#+(list e2fsprogs fakeroot dosfstools mtools))
                      (image-root "tmp-root"))
                  (sql-schema #$schema)