diff --git a/package.nix b/package.nix
index 56276ecc4..dfebdb0e4 100644
--- a/package.nix
+++ b/package.nix
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ in {
       # Copy libboost_context so we don't get all of Boost in our closure.
       # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/45462
       mkdir -p $out/lib
-      cp -pd ${boost}/lib/{libboost_context*,libboost_thread*,libboost_system*,libboost_regex*} $out/lib
+      cp -pd ${boost}/lib/{libboost_context*,libboost_thread*,libboost_system*} $out/lib
       rm -f $out/lib/*.a
     '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
       chmod u+w $out/lib/*.so.*