diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ge/gemini-cli/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ge/gemini-cli/package.nix
index 478e668c85a2..2bbc6b8c46df 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ge/gemini-cli/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ge/gemini-cli/package.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   clang_20,
   libsecret,
   ripgrep,
+  nodejs,
   nix-update-script,
 }:
 
@@ -59,14 +60,18 @@ buildNpmPackage (finalAttrs: {
       --replace-fail "settings.merged.general?.disableUpdateNag" "(settings.merged.general?.disableUpdateNag ?? true)"
   '';
 
-  # Prevent npmDeps from getting into the closure
-  disallowedReferences = [ finalAttrs.npmDeps ];
+  # Prevent npmDeps and python from getting into the closure
+  disallowedReferences = [
+    finalAttrs.npmDeps
+    nodejs.python
+  ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
     mkdir -p $out/{bin,share/gemini-cli}
 
     npm prune --omit=dev
+    rm node_modules/shell-quote/print.py # remove python demo to prevent python from getting into the closure
     cp -r node_modules $out/share/gemini-cli/
 
     rm -f $out/share/gemini-cli/node_modules/@google/gemini-cli