diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sa/salt/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sa/salt/package.nix
index dffa0fd87f5f..9d15aa93d6e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sa/salt/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sa/salt/package.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication (finalAttrs: {
     ++ extraInputs;
 
   # Don't use fixed dependencies on Darwin
-  USE_STATIC_REQUIREMENTS = "0";
+  env.USE_STATIC_REQUIREMENTS = "0";
 
   # The tests fail due to socket path length limits at the very least;
   # possibly there are more issues but I didn't leave the test suite running