diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
index fe121c2d51c..9d2036b97f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ttfautohint/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   configureFlags = [ ''--with-qt=${if enableGUI then "${qtbase}/lib" else "no"}'' ];
 
+  # workaround https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/155458
+  preBuild = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isClang ''
+    rm version
+  '';
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   dontWrapQtApps = true;