diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpgmepp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpgmepp/package.nix
index 217732a672408..2d8312a8dd606 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpgmepp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gp/gpgmepp/package.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     cmake
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
     gpgme
     libgpg-error
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qgpgme/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qgpgme/default.nix
index e8644c8ccb9e9..0dccab277e1bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qgpgme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qgpgme/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 {
   cmake,
   fetchurl,
-  gpgme,
   gpgmepp,
   lib,
-  libgpg-error,
   qtbase,
   stdenv,
   which,
@@ -24,12 +22,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    gpgme
-    gpgmepp
-    libgpg-error
     qtbase
   ];
 
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    gpgmepp
+  ];
+
   dontWrapQtApps = true;
 
   meta = {