diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
index 7fddeb451fbd..455e3249adf7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/dwm/default.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   postPatch = let configFile = if isDerivation conf || builtins.isPath conf then conf else writeText "config.def.h" conf;
   in optionalString (conf!=null) "cp ${configFile} config.def.h";
 
-  buildPhase = " make ";
-
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://suckless.org/";
     description = "Dynamic window manager for X";