diff --git a/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
index 8a35525b3e82..df4c8fc6b63d 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   };
 
   buildPhase = let
-    initialPath = import ../../stdenv/common-path.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+    initialPath = import ../../stdenv/generic/common-path.nix { inherit pkgs; };
   in ''
     set -x
     mkdir -p "$out/dev-envs" "$out/nix-support" "$out/bin"
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
index bbc15bad2620..ff56f1de0226 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/darwin/default.nix
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ rec {
       __stdenvImpureHostDeps = commonImpureHostDeps;
       __extraImpureHostDeps = commonImpureHostDeps;
 
-      initialPath = import ../common-path.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+      initialPath = import ../generic/common-path.nix { inherit pkgs; };
       shell = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";
 
       cc = pkgs."${finalLlvmPackages}".libcxxClang;
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/common-path.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/common-path.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/stdenv/common-path.nix
rename to pkgs/stdenv/generic/common-path.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index 723ebf24fe52..f04d21e1c2f1 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ in
       preHook = commonPreHook;
 
       initialPath =
-        ((import ../common-path.nix) {pkgs = prevStage;});
+        ((import ../generic/common-path.nix) {pkgs = prevStage;});
 
       extraNativeBuildInputs = [ prevStage.patchelf ] ++
         # Many tarballs come with obsolete config.sub/config.guess that don't recognize aarch64.
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
index 2fb19992bc1e..e9e9936ccd80 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ bootStages ++ [
         export NIX_IGNORE_LD_THROUGH_GCC=1
       '';
 
-      initialPath = (import ../common-path.nix) { pkgs = prevStage; };
+      initialPath = (import ../generic/common-path.nix) { pkgs = prevStage; };
 
       cc = import ../../build-support/cc-wrapper {
         inherit lib;