diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-sdk-cpp/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-sdk-cpp/default.nix
index 40df40480f3..47d9e7dba4c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-sdk-cpp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/aws-sdk-cpp/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
   separateDebugInfo = stdenv.isLinux;
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake curl ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake curl ];
+  buildInputs = [ zlib curl openssl ];
 
   cmakeFlags =
     lib.optional (!customMemoryManagement) "-DCUSTOM_MEMORY_MANAGEMENT=0"
@@ -51,10 +52,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       rm aws-cpp-sdk-core-tests/aws/auth/AWSCredentialsProviderTest.cpp
     '';
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.concatStringsSep " " (
-    (map (pkg: "-rpath ${lib.getOutput "lib" pkg}/lib"))
-      [ curl openssl zlib stdenv.cc.cc ]);
-
   meta = {
     description = "A C++ interface for Amazon Web Services";
     homepage = https://github.com/awslabs/aws-sdk-cpp;