diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mapscii/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mapscii/package.nix
index 1fb76d1b3f1c..b8b83539218a 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ma/mapscii/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ma/mapscii/package.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
 
   dontNpmBuild = true;
 
+  # remove broken links to build tools
+  postInstall = ''
+    rm -r $out/lib/node_modules/mapscii/node_modules/.bin
+  '';
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "MapSCII is a Braille & ASCII world map renderer for your console";
     homepage = "https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii";