diff --git a/pkgs/data/fonts/material-icons/default.nix b/pkgs/data/fonts/material-icons/default.nix
index f8dcde02ed2e..bc5ce3c82ff3 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/fonts/material-icons/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/fonts/material-icons/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     hash = "sha256-wX7UejIYUxXOnrH2WZYku9ljv4ZAlvgk8EEJJHOCCjE=";
   };
 
+  dontConfigure = true;
+  dontBuild = true;
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall