diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/tela-icon-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/tela-icon-theme/default.nix
index 23e56e6107cc..c3bed509ed99 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/tela-icon-theme/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/tela-icon-theme/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   dontDropIconThemeCache = true;
 
+  # These fixup steps are slow and unnecessary.
+  dontPatchELF = true;
+  dontRewriteSymlinks = true;
+
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall