diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
index 5cffbe965bbb..5f44f79ebcdd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/core/default.nix
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig file gtk girara gettext makeWrapper ];
 
-  # Bug in zathura build system: we should remove empty manfiles in order them
-  # to be compiled properly
-  preBuild = ''
-    rm zathura.1
-    rm zathurarc.5
-  '';
-
   makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" "RSTTOMAN=${docutils}/bin/rst2man.py" "VERBOSE=1" ];
 
   postInstall = ''