diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
index 4d6f53ceb5d..dad5b43e5b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/docker/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, buildGoPackage
-, makeWrapper, removeReferencesTo, installShellFiles, pkgconfig
+, makeWrapper, installShellFiles, pkgconfig
 , go-md2man, go, containerd, runc, docker-proxy, tini, libtool
 , sqlite, iproute, lvm2, systemd
 , btrfs-progs, iptables, e2fsprogs, xz, utillinux, xfsprogs, git
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ rec {
 
     goPackagePath = "github.com/docker/docker-ce";
 
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig go-md2man go libtool removeReferencesTo installShellFiles ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig go-md2man go libtool installShellFiles ];
     buildInputs = [
       makeWrapper
     ] ++ optionals (stdenv.isLinux) [
@@ -184,12 +184,6 @@ rec {
       installManPage man/*/*.[1-9]
     '';
 
-    preFixup = ''
-      find $out -type f -exec remove-references-to -t ${stdenv.cc.cc} '{}' +
-    '' + optionalString (stdenv.isLinux) ''
-      find $out -type f -exec remove-references-to -t ${stdenv.glibc.dev} '{}' +
-    '';
-
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://www.docker.com/";
       description = "An open source project to pack, ship and run any application as a lightweight container";