diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/nvim-treesitter/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/nvim-treesitter/overrides.nix
index f4e0c99115f3..f1c72991a506 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/nvim-treesitter/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/nvim-treesitter/overrides.nix
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ let
 in
 
 {
+  postPatch = ''
+    rm -r parser
+  '';
+
   passthru = {
     inherit builtGrammars allGrammars withPlugins withAllGrammars;