diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
index 8655235f2927..6a55e7c8e396 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, cmake, gettext, msgpack, libtermkey, libiconv
 , libuv, lua, ncurses, pkg-config
-, unibilium, xsel, gperf
+, unibilium, gperf
 , libvterm-neovim
 , tree-sitter
 , glibcLocales ? null, procps ? null
@@ -113,10 +113,6 @@ in
       substituteInPlace src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt --replace "    util" ""
     '';
 
-    postInstall = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-      sed -i -e "s|'xsel|'${xsel}/bin/xsel|g" $out/share/nvim/runtime/autoload/provider/clipboard.vim
-    '';
-
     # export PATH=$PWD/build/bin:${PATH}
     shellHook=''
       export VIMRUNTIME=$PWD/runtime