diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwebsockets/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwebsockets/default.nix
index 7d8355112db6..b6ef6fa49b21 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwebsockets/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwebsockets/default.nix
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ let
 
     NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString stdenv.cc.isGNU "-Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable";
 
+    postInstall = "rm -rf ${placeholder "out"}/share/libwebsockets-test-server";
+    disallowedReferences = [ stdenv.cc.cc ];  # $out/share/libwebsockets-test-server/plugins/libprotocol_*.so refers to crtbeginS.o
+
     meta = with lib; {
       description = "Light, portable C library for websockets";
       longDescription = ''
@@ -42,8 +45,7 @@ let
     };
   };
 
-in
-rec {
+in {
   libwebsockets_3_1 = generic {
     sha256 = "1w1wz6snf3cmcpa3f4dci2nz9za2f5rrylxl109id7bcb36xhbdl";
     version = "3.1.0";