diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
index 7ea7789687f..0828fea81e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mc/default.nix
@@ -4,17 +4,22 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "mc-${version}";
   version = "4.8.19";
-  
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://www.midnight-commander.org/downloads/${name}.tar.xz";
     sha256 = "1pzjq4nfxl2aakxipdjs5hq9n14374ly1l00s40kd2djnnxmd7pb";
   };
-  
+
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig perl glib slang zip unzip file gettext libX11 libICE
     libssh2 openssl ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!stdenv.isDarwin) [ e2fsprogs gpm ];
 
   configureFlags = [ "--enable-vfs-smb" ];
 
+  postFixup = ''
+    # remove unwanted build-dependency references
+    sed -i -e "s!PKG_CONFIG_PATH=''${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}!PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(echo "$PKG_CONFIG_PATH" | sed -e 's/./0/g')!" $out/bin/mc
+  '';
+
   meta = {
     description = "File Manager and User Shell for the GNU Project";
     homepage = http://www.midnight-commander.org;