diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/me/meshtasticd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/me/meshtasticd/package.nix
index 39dd4b912cb7..1dfadd574f69 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/me/meshtasticd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/me/meshtasticd/package.nix
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     mkdir -p platformio-deps-native
     cp -ar ${platformio-deps-native}/. platformio-deps-native
     chmod +w -R platformio-deps-native
+    rm -f platformio-deps-native/core/appstate.json
 
     export PLATFORMIO_CORE_DIR=platformio-deps-native/core
     export PLATFORMIO_LIBDEPS_DIR=platformio-deps-native/libdeps