diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
index 5a81a9cb33d..ae759607889 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/systemd/default.nix
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       rm -rf $out/etc/rpm
 
       rm $out/lib/*.la
+
+      # "kernel-install" shouldn't be used on NixOS.
+      find $out -name "*kernel-install*" -exec rm {} \;
     ''; # */
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;