diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 66bc3977..09059317 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@
             }
           ];
           devshell.packages = with pkgs; [
-            # from nativeBuildInputs
             clang-tools
             gdb
+            # from nativeBuildInputs
+            gnumake
             meson
             ninja
             pkg-config
@@ -74,19 +75,6 @@
             at-spi2-atk atkmm cairo cairomm catch2 fmt_8 fontconfig
             gdk-pixbuf glibmm gtk3 harfbuzz pango pangomm wayland-protocols
           ]);
-          language.c.libraries = with pkgs; [
-            # runtime dependencies (normally handled by patchElf)
-            bzip2 celt dbus expat flac fontconfig freetype fribidi glibc
-            graphite2 gtk3 howard-hinnant-date icu json-glib libGL
-            libasyncns libcap libdatrie libepoxy libffi libgcrypt
-            libgpg-error libgudev libjpeg libogg libopus libpng
-            libselinux libsndfile libthai libvorbis libwacom libxml2 lz4
-            mtdev pcre pcre2 pipewire pixman pulseaudio sndio sqlite
-            tracker util-linux xorg.libX11 xorg.libXau
-            xorg.libXcomposite xorg.libXcursor xorg.libXdmcp
-            xorg.libXext xorg.libXfixes xorg.libXi xorg.libXinerama
-            xorg.libXrandr xorg.libXrender xorg.libxcb xz zlib zstd
-          ];
           env = with pkgs; [
             { name = "CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH"; prefix = "$DEVSHELL_DIR/include"; }
             { name = "PKG_CONFIG_PATH"; prefix = "$DEVSHELL_DIR/lib/pkgconfig"; }
@@ -95,7 +83,6 @@
             { name = "LIBRARY_PATH"; prefix = "${lib.getLib sndio}/lib"; }
             { name = "LIBRARY_PATH"; prefix = "${lib.getLib zlib}/lib"; }
             { name = "LIBRARY_PATH"; prefix = "${lib.getLib howard-hinnant-date}/lib"; }
-            { name = "LD_LIBRARY_PATH"; prefix = "${lib.getLib pulseaudio}/lib/pulseaudio"; }
           ];
         };
     });