diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fr/freetype/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fr/freetype/package.nix
index 3d9ebe3a02af..d9c4e6d121a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fr/freetype/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fr/freetype/package.nix
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     CFLAGS =
       lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch32 "-std=gnu99"
       + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.is32bit " -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64";
+  }
+  // lib.optionalAttrs (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isWindows && stdenv.cc.bintools.isLLVM) {
+    # Needs to be unset when using LLVM or else it tries to include Windows headers on Linux
+    RC = "";
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;