diff --git a/gnu/packages/databases.scm b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
index 752b400866..c285d2f53b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/databases.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/databases.scm
@@ -763,7 +763,11 @@ Language.")
               (with-directory-excursion out
                 (for-each delete-file-recursively
                           '("data" "mysql-test" "sql-bench"
-                            "share/man/man1/mysql-test-run.pl.1")))
+                            "share/man/man1/mysql-test-run.pl.1"))
+                ;; Delete huge mysqltest executables.
+                (for-each delete-file (find-files "bin" "test"))
+                ;; And static libraries.
+                (for-each delete-file (find-files "lib" "\\.a$")))
               #t))))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("bison" ,bison)