diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/gnome-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/gnome-icon-theme/default.nix
index 792519efc15..44b92c465bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/gnome-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/gnome-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
 
-  postInstall = ''
+  postInstall = lib.optionalString (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl) ''
     # remove a tree of dirs with no files within
     rm -r "$out/share/locale"
   '';