diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nuitka/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nuitka/default.nix
index cce4467e73e5..45e7fa77eb03 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/nuitka/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/nuitka/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   lib,
   buildPythonPackage,
-  ccache,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   isPyPy,
   ordered-set,
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     setuptools
     wheel
   ];
-  nativeCheckInputs = [ ccache ];
 
   dependencies = [
     ordered-set