diff --git a/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm b/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
index 00e262c94f..bc4bd55461 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/astronomy.scm
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@ (define-public aoflagger
            gsl
            gtkmm-3
            hdf5
-           lapack
            libpng
            libsigc++
            libxml2