diff --git a/packages.nix b/packages.nix
index b27ce5b2..2eda4738 100644
--- a/packages.nix
+++ b/packages.nix
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ lib.attrsets.mapAttrs
           in ''
             set -eou pipefail
 
-            ${hostConfig.system.build.copyToServer} ${declaredRunnerDrvPath} ${discardStringCtx closureInfo.drvPath}
+            ${hostConfig.system.build.copyToServer} ${declaredRunnerDrvPath} ${discardStringCtx closureInfo.drvPath} ${discardStringCtx hostConfig.nix.package}
 
             ${hostConfig.system.build.runOnServer} NIXOS_REBUILD="''${NIXOS_REBUILD:-}" bash -e <<END
             ${createDirsCopyCurrent name}