diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/locales.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/locales.nix
index 86d6d1438b2d..6a33464c672a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/locales.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc/locales.nix
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@
 
 (callPackage ./common.nix { inherit stdenv; } {
   pname = "glibc-locales";
+  extraNativeBuildInputs = [ glibc ];
 }).overrideAttrs(finalAttrs: previousAttrs: {
 
   builder = ./locales-builder.sh;
 
   outputs = [ "out" ];
 
-  extraNativeBuildInputs = [ glibc ];
-
   LOCALEDEF_FLAGS = [
     (if stdenv.hostPlatform.isLittleEndian
     then "--little-endian"