diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
index 8d6de404f986..3f3bedb546d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/gnucash/default.nix
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         --set GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE 'xml::~/.gconf'                       \
         --prefix PATH ":" "$out/bin:${perl}/bin:${gconf}/bin"
     done
+
+    rm $out/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
   '';
 
   # The following settings fix failures in the test suite. It's not required otherwise.