diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sourcehut/fix-gqlgen-trimpath.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sourcehut/fix-gqlgen-trimpath.nix
index 5c6f9aa18b2f..42ec1589a643 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/sourcehut/fix-gqlgen-trimpath.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/sourcehut/fix-gqlgen-trimpath.nix
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     # No need to workaround -trimpath: it's not used in goModules,
     # but do download `go generate`'s dependencies nonetheless.
     preBuild = ''
-      go generate ./loaders
-      go generate ./graph
+      if [ -d ./loaders ]; then go generate ./loaders; fi
+      if [ -d ./graph ]; then go generate ./graph; fi
     '';
   });
 
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
   # If it fails, the gqlgenVersion may have to be updated.
   preBuild = ''
     unzip ''${GOPROXY#"file://"}/github.com/99designs/gqlgen/@v/v${gqlgenVersion}.zip
-    go generate ./loaders
-    go generate ./graph
+    if [ -d ./loaders ]; then go generate ./loaders; fi
+    if [ -d ./graph ]; then go generate ./graph; fi
     rm -rf github.com
   '';
 }