diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index d72ad7094d16cd..60059dad9522ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -424,7 +424,6 @@ let
     showtext = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
     spate = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
     stringi = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
-    sys = [ pkgs.libapparmor ];
     sysfonts = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
     tesseract = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];
     Cairo = [ pkgs.pkgconfig ];