diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/nuke-references/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/nuke-references/default.nix
index 8f976ad462c..d894b56d366 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/nuke-references/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/nuke-references/default.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 # path (/nix/store/eeee...).  This is useful for getting rid of
 # dependencies that you know are not actually needed at runtime.
 
-{ stdenv, perl }:
+{ stdenvNoCC, perl }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   name = "nuke-references";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
+  # FIXME: get rid of perl dependency.
   inherit perl;
 }