diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
index 842ef5de3285..55d2e0b54059 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/common.nix
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   passthru = {
-    inherit boehmgc;
+    inherit aws-sdk-cpp boehmgc;
 
     perl-bindings = perl.pkgs.toPerlModule (callPackage ./nix-perl.nix { inherit src version;  });
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index e080a57dc658..78fe76e2bce2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ let
     customMemoryManagement = false;
   }).overrideDerivation (args: {
     patches = (args.patches or [ ]) ++ [ ./patches/aws-sdk-cpp-TransferManager-ContentEncoding.patch ];
+
+    # only a stripped down version is build which takes a lot less resources to build
+    requiredSystemFeatures = null;
   });
 
   common = args: