diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fa/fail2ban/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fa/fail2ban/package.nix
index 87ce3efe59e4..391b24b27f08 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fa/fail2ban/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fa/fail2ban/package.nix
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
       rm $out/bin/fail2ban-python
       ln -s ${python3.interpreter} $out/bin/fail2ban-python
 
+      # Irrelevant for NixOS
+      rm -r $out/var
     ''
     + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
       # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/4968