diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/abi-dumper/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/abi-dumper/default.nix
index 6dd2bf41ba6f..a5ab94ca9367 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/abi-dumper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/abi-dumper/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace '"ctags"' '"${ctags}/bin/ctags"'
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ elfutils ctags perl vtable-dumper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl ];
 
   preBuild = "mkdir -p $out";
   makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" ];