diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/nuke-references/builder.sh b/pkgs/build-support/nuke-references/builder.sh
index 429a5a8dee4e..3b9324073ef8 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/nuke-references/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/nuke-references/builder.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ cat > $out/bin/nuke-refs <<EOF
 #! $SHELL -e
 for i in \$*; do
     if test ! -L \$i -a -f \$i; then
-        cat \$i | sed "s|/nix/store/[a-z0-9]*-|/nix/store/eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-|g" > \$i.tmp
+        cat \$i | sed "s|$NIX_STORE/[a-z0-9]*-|$NIX_STORE/eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-|g" > \$i.tmp
         if test -x \$i; then chmod +x \$i.tmp; fi
         mv \$i.tmp \$i
     fi