diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
index c05dd028eb34..640ace40277d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/rxvt_unicode/default.nix
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       ln -s $out/{lib/urxvt,lib/perl5/site_perl}
     '';
 
-  # we link the separate terminfo output to the main output
-  # as I don't think there's a usecase for wanting urxvt without its terminfo files
-  # and we don't want users to install them separately
-  postInstall = ''
-    ln -s $terminfo/share/terminfo $out/share
-  '';
-
   meta = {
     description = "A clone of the well-known terminal emulator rxvt";
     homepage = "http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html";