diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/babashka/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/babashka/default.nix
index 7f8281dd1de2..c56ca1ed252c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/babashka/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/babashka/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , buildGraalvmNativeImage
 , graalvmCEPackages
-, removeReferencesTo
 , fetchurl
 , writeScript
 , installShellFiles
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ let
 
     executable = "bb";
 
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ removeReferencesTo installShellFiles ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ installShellFiles ];
 
     extraNativeImageBuildArgs = [
       "-H:+ReportExceptionStackTraces"
@@ -39,11 +38,7 @@ let
       $out/bin/bb '(prn "bépo àê")' | fgrep 'bépo àê'
     '';
 
-    # As of v1.2.174, this will remove references to ${graalvmDrv}/conf/chronology,
-    # not sure the implications of this but this file is not available in
-    # graalvm-ce anyway.
     postInstall = ''
-      remove-references-to -t ${graalvmDrv} $out/bin/${executable}
       installShellCompletion --cmd bb --bash ${./completions/bb.bash}
       installShellCompletion --cmd bb --zsh ${./completions/bb.zsh}
       installShellCompletion --cmd bb --fish ${./completions/bb.fish}