diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/clightning.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/clightning.nix
index 91a2157f1193..6ae6ae7801f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/clightning.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/clightning.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  buildInputs = [ which sqlite gmp zlib autoconf libtool automake autogen python3 pkgconfig ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf autogen automake libtool pkgconfig which ];
+  buildInputs = [ sqlite gmp zlib python3 ];
 
   makeFlags = [ "prefix=$(out)" ];