diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/0001-Strip-away-BUILDCONFIG.patch b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/0001-Strip-away-BUILDCONFIG.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b477f902b2fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/0001-Strip-away-BUILDCONFIG.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 982d38084f08950863b55043f36ce5548bd73635 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Maximilian Bosch <maximilian@mbosch.me>
+Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 19:12:25 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Strip away BUILDCONFIG
+
+The `BuildConfig` field in `libsofficeapp.so` includes the entire
+`PKG_CONFIG_PATH` and subsequently references to a lot of `dev` outputs
+of library dependencies blowing up the closure.
+
+Since this is not strictly needed and the inputs are comprehensible via
+`nix derivation show`, this doesn't bring a real benefit in the case of
+nixpkgs anyways.
+---
+ desktop/source/lib/init.cxx | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/desktop/source/lib/init.cxx b/desktop/source/lib/init.cxx
+index 8d830c0cbd00..fbdc86aa7115 100644
+--- a/desktop/source/lib/init.cxx
++++ b/desktop/source/lib/init.cxx
+@@ -7097,7 +7097,7 @@ static char* lo_getVersionInfo(SAL_UNUSED_PARAMETER LibreOfficeKit* /*pThis*/)
+         "\"ProductVersion\": \"%PRODUCTVERSION\", "
+         "\"ProductExtension\": \"%PRODUCTEXTENSION\", "
+         "\"BuildId\": \"%BUILDID\", "
+-        "\"BuildConfig\": \""  BUILDCONFIG  "\" "
++        "\"BuildConfig\": \"removed to avoid runtime dependencies against dev outputs of each dependency. Use 'nix derivation show' against the package to find out details about BuildConfig.\" "
+         "}"));
+ }
+ 
+-- 
+2.40.1
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
index 518167cb33d12..cf769bf204780 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/libreoffice/default.nix
@@ -214,6 +214,22 @@ in
     tar -xf ${srcs.translations}
   '';
 
+  # Remove build config to reduce the amount of `-dev` outputs in the
+  # runtime closure. This was introduced in upstream commit
+  # cbfac11330882c7d0a817b6c37a08b2ace2b66f4, so the patch doesn't apply
+  # for 7.4.
+  patches = lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast version "7.5") [
+    ./0001-Strip-away-BUILDCONFIG.patch
+  ];
+
+  # libreoffice tries to reference the BUILDCONFIG (e.g. PKG_CONFIG_PATH)
+  # in the binary causing the closure size to blow up because of many unnecessary
+  # dependencies to dev outputs. This behavior was patched away in nixpkgs
+  # (see above), make sure these don't leak again by accident.
+  disallowedRequisites = lib.concatMap
+    (x: lib.optional (x?dev) x.dev)
+    buildInputs;
+
   ### QT/KDE
   #
   # configure.ac assumes that the first directory that contains headers and