diff --git a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
index 98cc92e5a8..69be8ac913 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages python)
   #:use-module (gnu packages tls)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages javascript)
   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
 
 (define-public poppler