diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/clj-kondo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/clj-kondo/default.nix
index dc78761cc256..a60de4d83ea8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/clj-kondo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/clj-kondo/default.nix
@@ -1,25 +1,34 @@
-{ lib, buildGraalvmNativeImage, fetchurl }:
+{ lib, buildGraalvmNativeImage, graalvmCEPackages, removeReferencesTo, fetchurl
+}:
 
 buildGraalvmNativeImage rec {
   pname = "clj-kondo";
   version = "2023.10.20";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "https://github.com/clj-kondo/${pname}/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}-standalone.jar";
+    url =
+      "https://github.com/clj-kondo/${pname}/releases/download/v${version}/${pname}-${version}-standalone.jar";
     sha256 = "sha256-f9u/pk3CEEmiLgnS2biaUHpsMHjVEwZL2jyB/1PiZUY=";
   };
 
-  extraNativeImageBuildArgs = [
-    "-H:+ReportExceptionStackTraces"
-    "--no-fallback"
-  ];
+  graalvmDrv = graalvmCEPackages.graalvm-ce;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ removeReferencesTo ];
+
+  extraNativeImageBuildArgs =
+    [ "-H:+ReportExceptionStackTraces" "--no-fallback" ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    remove-references-to -t ${graalvmDrv} $out/bin/${pname}
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A linter for Clojure code that sparks joy";
     homepage = "https://github.com/clj-kondo/clj-kondo";
     sourceProvenance = with sourceTypes; [ binaryBytecode ];
     license = licenses.epl10;
-    changelog = "https://github.com/clj-kondo/clj-kondo/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
+    changelog =
+      "https://github.com/clj-kondo/clj-kondo/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ jlesquembre bandresen thiagokokada ];
   };
 }