diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
index ff7d65fed622..3056e592d215 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ let {
     mktemp
     mono
     mysql
-    nix
+#    nix
     nxml
     octave
     openssl