diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpi.scm b/gnu/packages/mpi.scm
index 93157e269..ded9d4fda 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpi.scm
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages xml)
   #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages valgrind))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config))
 
 (define-public hwloc
   (package
@@ -126,8 +125,7 @@ bind processes, and much more.")
      `(("hwloc" ,hwloc "lib")
        ("gfortran" ,gfortran)
        ("libfabric" ,libfabric)
-       ("rdma-core" ,rdma-core)
-       ("valgrind" ,valgrind)))
+       ("rdma-core" ,rdma-core)))
     (native-inputs
      `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
        ("perl" ,perl)))
@@ -142,8 +140,6 @@ bind processes, and much more.")
                            ;; it reduces the closure size considerably.
                            "--disable-vt"
 
-                           ,(string-append "--with-valgrind="
-                                           (assoc-ref %build-inputs "valgrind"))
                            ,(string-append "--with-hwloc="
                                            (assoc-ref %build-inputs "hwloc")))
        #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases