diff --git a/src/libstore/builtins/buildenv.cc b/src/libstore/builtins/buildenv.cc
index 25d015cb9..6f6ad57cb 100644
--- a/src/libstore/builtins/buildenv.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/builtins/buildenv.cc
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ static void createLinks(State & state, const Path & srcDir, const Path & dstDir,
             throw;
         }
 
-        /* The files below are special-cased to that they don't show up
-         * in user profiles, either because they are useless, or
-         * because they would cauase pointless collisions (e.g., each
+        /* The files below are special-cased to that they don't show
+         * up in user profiles, either because they are useless, or
+         * because they would cause pointless collisions (e.g., each
          * Python package brings its own
          * `$out/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/easy-install.pth'.)
          */
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ static void createLinks(State & state, const Path & srcDir, const Path & dstDir,
             hasSuffix(srcFile, "/nix-support") ||
             hasSuffix(srcFile, "/perllocal.pod") ||
             hasSuffix(srcFile, "/info/dir") ||
-            hasSuffix(srcFile, "/log"))
+            hasSuffix(srcFile, "/log") ||
+            hasSuffix(srcFile, "/manifest.nix") ||
+            hasSuffix(srcFile, "/manifest.json"))
             continue;
 
         else if (S_ISDIR(srcSt.st_mode)) {