diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/lzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/lzip/default.nix
index 3d55efdec15..b41b3c843da 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/lzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/lzip/default.nix
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "1.23";
   outputs = [ "out" "man" "info" ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ ];
-
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://savannah/lzip/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "sha256-R5LAR93xXvKdVbqOaKGiHgy3aS2H7N9yBEGYZFgvKA0=";