diff --git a/build/bazel/go.MODULE.bazel b/build/bazel/go.MODULE.bazel
index f1e10f5..dfa5b91 100644
--- a/build/bazel/go.MODULE.bazel
+++ b/build/bazel/go.MODULE.bazel
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@
         ],
     },
     "github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v14": {
+        # wasmtime brings its own BUILD files and for some reason,
+        # Bazel regenerates them in the nixos/nix container but not on
+        # NixOS. We disable replacing the existing directives to fix this.
+        "build_file_generation": "off",
         "directives": [
             "gazelle:go_naming_convention go_default_library",
         ],