diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/pipe-viewer/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/pipe-viewer/default.nix
index 854e4c6ba4bc..c1cef4aa9cbd 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/pipe-viewer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/pipe-viewer/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 , mpv
 , wget
 , xdg-utils
-, youtube-dl
 , yt-dlp
 , TestPod
 , Gtk3
@@ -75,11 +74,11 @@ buildPerlModule rec {
 
   postFixup = ''
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/pipe-viewer" \
-      --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ ffmpeg mpv wget youtube-dl yt-dlp ]}"
+      --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ ffmpeg mpv wget yt-dlp ]}"
   '' + lib.optionalString withGtk3 ''
     # make xdg-open overrideable at runtime
     wrapProgram "$out/bin/gtk-pipe-viewer" ''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]} \
-      --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ ffmpeg mpv wget youtube-dl yt-dlp ]}" \
+      --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ ffmpeg mpv wget yt-dlp ]}" \
       --suffix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ xdg-utils ]}"
   '';