diff --git a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
index 6e2affb2eb..eeb3cd7c41 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/machine-learning.scm
@@ -1650,7 +1650,6 @@ (define-public dlib
            libnsl))
     (inputs
      `(("giflib" ,giflib)
-       ("lapack" ,lapack)
        ("libjpeg" ,libjpeg-turbo)
        ("libpng" ,libpng)
        ("libx11" ,libx11)