diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cuda-library-samples/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cuda-library-samples/generic.nix
index 4797871731b8..64131ab59b82 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cuda-library-samples/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cuda-library-samples/generic.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ in
       # CUTENSOR_ROOT is double escaped
       postPatch = ''
         substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
-          --replace "\''${CUTENSOR_ROOT}/include" "${cutensor.dev}/include"
+          --replace-fail "\''${CUTENSOR_ROOT}/include" "${cutensor.dev}/include"
       '';
 
       CUTENSOR_ROOT = cutensor;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cuda/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cuda/overrides.nix
index 9a2360d7f7c1..c170e3d39c91 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cuda/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/cuda/overrides.nix
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ attrsets.filterAttrs (attr: _: (builtins.hasAttr attr prev)) {
         (oldAttrs.postPatch or "")
         + ''
           substituteInPlace bin/nvcc.profile \
-            --replace \
+            --replace-fail \
               '$(TOP)/lib' \
               "''${!outputLib}/lib" \
-            --replace \
+            --replace-fail \
               '$(TOP)/$(_NVVM_BRANCH_)' \
               "''${!outputBin}/nvvm" \
-            --replace \
+            --replace-fail \
               '$(TOP)/$(_TARGET_DIR_)/include' \
               "''${!outputDev}/include"