diff --git a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
index 5718c34086..7aab2c28b9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/suckless.scm
@@ -154,13 +154,8 @@ (define-public st
     (inputs
      `(("libx11" ,libx11)
        ("libxft" ,libxft)
-       ("libxcomposite" ,libxcomposite)
-       ("compositeproto" ,compositeproto)
-       ("xextproto" ,xextproto)
-       ("libxrender" ,libxrender)
        ("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)
-       ("freetype" ,freetype)
-       ("font-liberation" ,font-liberation)))
+       ("freetype" ,freetype)))
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (home-page "http://st.suckless.org/")
     (synopsis "Simple terminal emulator")