diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lsof/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lsof/default.nix
index 0a5a3c487810..63003f338eb9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lsof/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lsof/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   unpackPhase = "tar xvjf $src; cd lsof_*; tar xvf lsof_*.tar; sourceRoot=$( echo lsof_*/); ";
 
-  patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-dfile.patch;
+  patches = [ ./no-build-info.patch ] ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./darwin-dfile.patch;
 
   postPatch = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isMusl ''
     substituteInPlace dialects/linux/dlsof.h --replace "defined(__UCLIBC__)" 1
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lsof/no-build-info.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lsof/no-build-info.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf785e248f2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/lsof/no-build-info.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+diff -ru -x '*~' lsof_4.91_src-orig/usage.c lsof_4.91_src/usage.c
+--- lsof_4.91_src-orig/usage.c	2018-02-14 15:20:32.000000000 +0100
++++ lsof_4.91_src/usage.c	2018-10-08 21:57:45.718560869 +0200
+@@ -930,26 +930,6 @@
+ 		(void) fprintf(stderr, "    configuration info: %s\n", cp);
+ #endif	/* defined(LSOF_CINFO) */
+ 
+-	    if ((cp = isnullstr(LSOF_CCDATE)))
+-		(void) fprintf(stderr, "    constructed: %s\n", cp);
+-	    cp = isnullstr(LSOF_HOST);
+-	    if (!(cp1 = isnullstr(LSOF_LOGNAME)))
+-		cp1 = isnullstr(LSOF_USER);
+-	    if (cp || cp1) {
+-		if (cp && cp1)
+-		    cp2 = "by and on";
+-		else if (cp)
+-		    cp2 = "on";
+-		else
+-		    cp2 = "by";
+-		(void) fprintf(stderr, "    constructed %s: %s%s%s\n",
+-		    cp2,
+-		    cp1 ? cp1 : "",
+-		    (cp && cp1) ? "@" : "",
+-		    cp  ? cp  : ""
+-		);
+-	    }
+-
+ #if	defined(LSOF_BLDCMT)
+ 	    if ((cp = isnullstr(LSOF_BLDCMT)))
+ 		(void) fprintf(stderr, "    builder's comment: %s\n", cp);
+@@ -959,12 +939,8 @@
+ 		(void) fprintf(stderr, "    compiler: %s\n", cp);
+ 	    if ((cp = isnullstr(LSOF_CCV)))
+ 		(void) fprintf(stderr, "    compiler version: %s\n", cp);
+-	    if ((cp = isnullstr(LSOF_CCFLAGS)))
+-		(void) fprintf(stderr, "    compiler flags: %s\n", cp);
+ 	    if ((cp = isnullstr(LSOF_LDFLAGS)))
+ 		(void) fprintf(stderr, "    loader flags: %s\n", cp);
+-	    if ((cp = isnullstr(LSOF_SYSINFO)))
+-		(void) fprintf(stderr, "    system info: %s\n", cp);
+ 	    (void) report_SECURITY("    ", ".\n");
+ 	    (void) report_WARNDEVACCESS("    ", "are", ".\n");
+ 	    (void) report_HASKERNIDCK("    K", "is");