diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
index 8702abd3df8..788e3f4a2ab 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ let
   fileSystems = filter utils.fsNeededForBoot config.system.build.fileSystems;
 
   # A utility for enumerating the shared-library dependencies of a program
-  findLibs = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "find-libs" ''
+  findLibs = pkgs.buildPackages.writeShellScriptBin "find-libs" ''
     set -euo pipefail
 
     declare -A seen