diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-ml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-ml/default.nix
index 737def7b9ac3..4f4b7b705c4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-ml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dask-ml/default.nix
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
 , six
 , multipledispatch
 , packaging
-, pytest
-, xgboost
-, tensorflow
-, joblib
 , distributed
 }: