diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 2eb55ae439b5..92da0d7873d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ in
         ++  [ /*propagated from .dev*/ linuxHeaders
             binutils gcc gcc.cc gcc.cc.lib gcc.expand-response-params
           ]
-          ++ lib.optional (localSystem.libc == "musl") libiconv
           ++ lib.optionals localSystem.isAarch64
             [ prevStage.updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook prevStage.gnu-config ];