diff --git a/gnu/packages/spice.scm b/gnu/packages/spice.scm
index feea465688..cfb60845bc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/spice.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/spice.scm
@@ -272,8 +272,7 @@ resolution scaling on graphical console window resize.")
         ("libcap" ,libcap)
         ("libxml2" ,libxml2)
         ("openssl" ,openssl)
-        ("spice-gtk" ,spice-gtk)
-        ("spice-protocol" ,spice-protocol)))
+        ("spice-gtk" ,spice-gtk)))
     (native-inputs
       `(("glib:bin" ,glib "bin")
         ("intltool" ,intltool)