diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdata/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdata/default.nix
index 3f20236d17f4..59e19750715f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdata/default.nix
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0fj54yqxdapdppisqm1xcyrpgcichdmipq0a0spzz6009ikzgi45";
   };
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${gnome3.libsoup.dev}/include/libsoup-gnome-2.4/ -I${gcr}/include/gcr-3 -I${gcr}/include/gck-1";
-
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gobject-introspection ];
 
   buildInputs = [ gnome3.libsoup libxml2 glib liboauth gcr gnome3.gnome-online-accounts p11-kit openssl uhttpmock ];