diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-lsp/lsp.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-lsp/lsp.nix
index 3111d4277c41..1c7d72cbc36d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-lsp/lsp.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/ocaml-lsp/lsp.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
   pname = "lsp";
   inherit (jsonrpc) version src;
   duneVersion = if lib.versionAtLeast version "1.10.0" then "3" else "2";
-  minimumOCamlVersion =
+  minimalOCamlVersion =
     if lib.versionAtLeast version "1.7.0" then
       "4.12"
     else
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
       [ pp re ppx_yojson_conv_lib octavius dune-build-info omd cmdliner ocamlformat-rpc-lib ]
     else
       [
-        cppo
         ppx_yojson_conv_lib
         ocaml-syntax-shims
         octavius
@@ -83,6 +82,8 @@ buildDunePackage rec {
         cmdliner
       ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = lib.optional (lib.versionOlder version "1.7.0") cppo;
+
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
     csexp
     jsonrpc