diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix
index ffa7c0d08aa4..39d41370ed11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix
@@ -196,6 +196,34 @@ let
         nativeLibs = [ pkgs.hdf5 ];
         NIX_LDFLAGS = [ "-lhdf5" ];
       });
+      # The antik source archive contains a broken documentation.pdf symlink
+      # pointing to documentation/build/latex/Antik.pdf which doesn't exist.
+      # All packages built from this archive need the symlink removed.
+      antik = super.antik.overrideLispAttrs (o: {
+        postInstall = (o.postInstall or "") + ''
+          rm -f $out/documentation.pdf
+        '';
+      });
+      antik-base = super.antik-base.overrideLispAttrs (o: {
+        postInstall = (o.postInstall or "") + ''
+          rm -f $out/documentation.pdf
+        '';
+      });
+      foreign-array = super.foreign-array.overrideLispAttrs (o: {
+        postInstall = (o.postInstall or "") + ''
+          rm -f $out/documentation.pdf
+        '';
+      });
+      physical-dimension = super.physical-dimension.overrideLispAttrs (o: {
+        postInstall = (o.postInstall or "") + ''
+          rm -f $out/documentation.pdf
+        '';
+      });
+      science-data = super.science-data.overrideLispAttrs (o: {
+        postInstall = (o.postInstall or "") + ''
+          rm -f $out/documentation.pdf
+        '';
+      });
       gsll = super.gsll.overrideLispAttrs (o: {
         nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.gsl ];
         nativeLibs = [ pkgs.gsl ];