diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/default.nix
index 4849ff75c54a..17a9bc51732c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { callPackage
-, substituteAll
+, substitute
 , runtimeShell
 , coreutils
 , gnused
@@ -14,19 +14,25 @@
 let
   fallback = import ./../../../../nixos/modules/installer/tools/nix-fallback-paths.nix;
 in
-substituteAll {
+substitute {
   name = "nixos-rebuild";
   src = ./nixos-rebuild.sh;
   dir = "bin";
   isExecutable = true;
-  inherit runtimeShell nix;
-  nix_x86_64_linux = fallback.x86_64-linux;
-  nix_i686_linux = fallback.i686-linux;
-  nix_aarch64_linux = fallback.aarch64-linux;
-  path = lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils gnused gnugrep jq util-linux ];
+
+  substitutions = [
+    "--subst-var-by" "runtimeShell" runtimeShell
+    "--subst-var-by" "nix" nix
+    "--subst-var-by" "nix_x86_64_linux" fallback.x86_64-linux
+    "--subst-var-by" "nix_i686_linux" fallback.i686-linux
+    "--subst-var-by" "nix_aarch64_linux" fallback.aarch64-linux
+    "--subst-var-by" "path" (lib.makeBinPath [ coreutils gnused gnugrep jq util-linux ])
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     installShellFiles
   ];
+
   postInstall = ''
     installManPage ${./nixos-rebuild.8}