diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scalapack/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sc/scalapack/package.nix
index 4842b78f734a..f6bc19b55149 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sc/scalapack/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sc/scalapack/package.nix
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     # cmake file will thus look for the library in the dev output instead of out.
     # Use the absolute path to $out instead to fix the issue.
     substituteInPlace  $dev/lib/cmake/scalapack-${finalAttrs.version}/scalapack-targets-release.cmake \
-      --replace "\''${_IMPORT_PREFIX}" "$out"
+      --replace-fail "\''${_IMPORT_PREFIX}" "$out"
   '';
 
   meta = {