diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/grammar.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/grammar.nix
index 96486c0c2b50..110f37a5aa89 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/grammar.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/tree-sitter/grammar.nix
@@ -30,16 +30,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   CFLAGS = [ "-I${src}/src" "-O2" ];
   CXXFLAGS = [ "-I${src}/src" "-O2" ];
 
+  stripDebugList = [ "parser" ];
+
   # When both scanner.{c,cc} exist, we should not link both since they may be the same but in
   # different languages. Just randomly prefer C++ if that happens.
   buildPhase = ''
     runHook preBuild
     if [[ -e "$src/src/scanner.cc" ]]; then
-      $CXX -c "$src/src/scanner.cc" -o scanner.o $CXXFLAGS
+      $CXX -fPIC -c "$src/src/scanner.cc" -o scanner.o $CXXFLAGS
     elif [[ -e "$src/src/scanner.c" ]]; then
-      $CC -c "$src/src/scanner.c" -o scanner.o $CFLAGS
+      $CC -fPIC -c "$src/src/scanner.c" -o scanner.o $CFLAGS
     fi
-    $CC -c "$src/src/parser.c" -o parser.o $CFLAGS
+    $CC -fPIC -c "$src/src/parser.c" -o parser.o $CFLAGS
     $CXX -shared -o parser *.o
     runHook postBuild
   '';
@@ -50,11 +52,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mv parser $out/
     runHook postInstall
   '';
-
-  # Strip failed on darwin: strip: error: symbols referenced by indirect symbol table entries that can't be stripped
-  fixupPhase = lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-    runHook preFixup
-    $STRIP $out/parser
-    runHook postFixup
-  '';
 }