diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix
index d62d83c117ab..71b450f442bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/svn-all-fast-export/default.nix
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "SVN_INCLUDE=${subversion.dev}/include/subversion-1"
   ];
 
-  NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lsvn_fs-1";
+  env.NIX_LDFLAGS = "-lsvn_fs-1";
 
   dontWrapQtApps = true;