diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/fastjet-contrib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/fastjet-contrib/default.nix
index 9f1b396e4759..7bb28825d242 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/fastjet-contrib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/physics/fastjet-contrib/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     patchShebangs ./configure ./utils/check.sh ./utils/install-sh
   '';
 
+  # Written in shell manually, does not support autoconf-style
+  # --build=/--host= options:
+  #   Error: --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu: unrecognised argument
+  configurePlatforms = [ ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   doCheck = true;