diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/feedbackd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/feedbackd/default.nix
index 0892f2e2d02c..3692273fdf3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/feedbackd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/feedbackd/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # only a Debian package release that is tagged in the upstream repo
   version = "0.0.0+git20220520";
 
-  outputs = [ "out" "dev" "devdoc" ];
+  outputs = [ "out" "dev" ]
+    ++ lib.optionals (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform) [ "devdoc" ];
 
   src = fetchFromGitLab {
     domain = "source.puri.sm";
@@ -61,7 +62,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libgudev
   ];
 
-  mesonFlags = [ "-Dgtk_doc=true" "-Dman=true" ];
+  mesonFlags = [
+    "-Dgtk_doc=${lib.boolToString (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform)}"
+    "-Dman=true"
+    "-Dintrospection=${if (stdenv.buildPlatform == stdenv.hostPlatform) then "enabled" else "disabled"}"
+  ];
 
   checkInputs = [
     dbus