diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/micropython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/micropython/default.nix
index a5c5d431a9ea..52e2134d71cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/micropython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/micropython/default.nix
@@ -15,10 +15,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     owner = "micropython";
     repo = "micropython";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    hash = "sha256-sfJohmsqq5FumUoVE8x3yWv12DiCJJXae62br0j+190=";
+    hash = "sha256-coUFIepbCRuz+766E7VCTQLm0oWB1CTO20ATriC86dc=";
     fetchSubmodules = true;
+
+    # remove unused libaries from rp2 port's SDK. we leave this and the other
+    # ports around for users who want to override makeFlags flags to build them.
+    # https://github.com/micropython/micropython/blob/a61c446c0b34e82aeb54b9770250d267656f2b7f/ports/rp2/CMakeLists.txt#L17-L22
+    #
+    # shrinks uncompressed NAR by ~2.4G (though it is still large). there
+    # doesn't seem to be a way to avoid fetching them in the first place.
+    postFetch = ''
+      rm -rf $out/lib/pico-sdk/lib/{tinyusb,lwip,btstack}
+    '';
   };
 
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config python3 ];
 
   buildInputs = [ libffi readline ];