diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/wcc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/wcc/default.nix
index 5f812e2c4632..d21d886367f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/wcc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/wcc/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i src/wsh/include/libwitch/wsh.h src/wsh/scripts/INDEX \
       -e "s#/usr/share/wcc#$out/share/wcc#"
+
+    sed -i -e '/stropts.h>/d' src/wsh/include/libwitch/wsh.h
   '';
 
   installFlags = [ "DESTDIR=$(out)" ];