diff --git a/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix b/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix
index 4bc2e24329ea..36ab2bfe58d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/minetest/default.nix
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
 , libogg
 , jsoncpp
 , libjpeg
-, libXxf86vm
 , libGLU
-, libGL
 , openal
 , libvorbis
 , sqlite
@@ -75,7 +73,6 @@ let
       "-DENABLE_GETTEXT=1"
       "-DENABLE_SPATIAL=1"
       "-DENABLE_SYSTEM_JSONCPP=1"
-      "-DIRRLICHT_INCLUDE_DIR=${irrlichtmtInput.dev}/include/irrlichtmt"
 
       # Remove when https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/144170 is fixed
       "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=bin"
@@ -85,8 +82,6 @@ let
       "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR=share/man"
       "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LOCALEDIR=share/locale"
 
-    ] ++ optionals buildClient [
-      "-DOpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE=GLVND"
     ] ++ optionals buildServer [
       "-DENABLE_PROMETHEUS=1"
     ] ++ optionals withTouchSupport [
@@ -103,7 +98,7 @@ let
     ] ++ optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
       libiconv OpenGL OpenAL Carbon Cocoa
     ] ++ optionals buildClient [
-      libpng libjpeg libGLU libGL openal libogg libvorbis xorg.libX11 libXxf86vm
+      libpng libjpeg libGLU openal libogg libvorbis xorg.libX11
     ] ++ optionals buildServer [
       leveldb postgresql hiredis prometheus-cpp
     ];