diff --git a/gnu/packages/video.scm b/gnu/packages/video.scm
index ebb9678f54..9026b710f5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/video.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/video.scm
@@ -1208,8 +1208,7 @@ (define-public libass
      `(("freetype" ,freetype)
        ("fribidi" ,fribidi)
        ("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)
-       ("harfbuzz" ,harfbuzz)
-       ("enca" ,enca)))
+       ("harfbuzz" ,harfbuzz)))
     (home-page "https://github.com/libass/libass")
     (synopsis "Subtitle rendering library for the ASS/SSA format")
     (description "libass is a subtitle rendering library for the