diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
index b194b2f2a4b2..dd50e48f0735 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/default.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # Therefore we put it into `/run/netdata`, which is owned
     # by netdata only.
     ./ipc-socket-in-run.patch
+
+    # Avoid build-only inputs in closure leaked by configure command:
+    #   https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/175693#issuecomment-1143344162
+    ./skip-CONFIGURE_COMMAND.patch
   ];
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = optionalString withDebug "-O1 -ggdb -DNETDATA_INTERNAL_CHECKS=1";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/skip-CONFIGURE_COMMAND.patch b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/skip-CONFIGURE_COMMAND.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa7a0e7ad9c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/netdata/skip-CONFIGURE_COMMAND.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Shrink closure size by avoiding paths embedded from configure call.
+
+https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/175693
+--- a/daemon/buildinfo.c
++++ b/daemon/buildinfo.c
+@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ void print_build_info(void) {
+     char *prebuilt_distro = NULL;
+     get_install_type(&install_type, &prebuilt_arch, &prebuilt_distro);
+ 
+-    printf("Configure options: %s\n", CONFIGURE_COMMAND);
++    // To minimize closure size do not persist configure options
++    // with build-time inputs.
++    printf("Configure options: REMOVED\n");
+ 
+     if (install_type == NULL) {
+         printf("Install type: unknown\n");