diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/duckstation/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/duckstation/default.nix
index 7e7bfd494600..91d2b23705ad 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/duckstation/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/duckstation/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , SDL2
 , cmake
-, copyDesktopItems
 , cubeb
 , curl
 , extra-cmake-modules
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
-    copyDesktopItems
     extra-cmake-modules
     ninja
     pkg-config
diff --git a/pkgs/games/ecwolf/default.nix b/pkgs/games/ecwolf/default.nix
index 08b24deee0d4..8bbbc53a0dcd 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/ecwolf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/ecwolf/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , lib
 , fetchFromBitbucket
 , cmake
-, copyDesktopItems
 , pkg-config
 , makeWrapper
 , zlib
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "V2pSP8i20zB50WtUMujzij+ISSupdQQ/oCYYrOaTU1g=";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake copyDesktopItems pkg-config ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ]
     ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ makeWrapper ];
   buildInputs = [ zlib bzip2 libjpeg SDL2 SDL2_net SDL2_mixer gtk3 ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/valeronoi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/valeronoi/default.nix
index 9826ce510bfc..b27fe3e499a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/valeronoi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/valeronoi/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 , boost
 , cgal
 , cmake
-, copyDesktopItems
 , gpp
 , mpfr
 , qtbase
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
-    copyDesktopItems
     wrapQtAppsHook
   ];