diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
index e0bedeb2f045c8..419cc2fd2d8496 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
@@ -47,14 +47,17 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # from firefox + m4 + wrapperTool
   nativeBuildInputs = [ m4 autoconf213 which gnused pkgconfig perl python wrapperTool cargo rustc ];
 
-  # https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?format=default&id=1479540
-  # https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/bc651d3d910c
   patches = [
+    # https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?format=default&id=1479540
+    # https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/rev/bc651d3d910c
     (fetchpatch {
       name = "bc651d3d910c.patch";
       url = "https://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-release/raw-rev/bc651d3d910c";
       sha256 = "0iybkadsgsf6a3pq3jh8z1p110vmpkih8i35jfj8micdkhxzi89g";
     })
+
+    # Remove buildconfig.html to prevent a dependency on clang etc.
+    ../../browsers/firefox/no-buildconfig.patch
   ];
 
   configureFlags =
@@ -191,6 +194,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "$out/bin/thunderbird" --version
     '';
 
+  disallowedRequisites = [ stdenv.cc ];
+
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A full-featured e-mail client";
     homepage = http://www.mozilla.org/thunderbird/;