diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
index 996bfeacb2d1..b15924b34f3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/default.nix
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   postInstall = ''
     sed -e "1s@.*@#! ${lua}/bin/lua$LUA_SUFFIX@" -i "$out"/bin/*
     substituteInPlace $out/etc/luarocks/* \
-     --replace-fail '${lua.luaOnBuild}' '${lua}'
+     --replace-quiet '${lua.luaOnBuild}' '${lua}'
    ''
     + lib.optionalString (stdenv.buildPlatform.canExecute stdenv.hostPlatform) ''
     installShellCompletion --cmd luarocks \