diff --git a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
index 03663ad96b97..556290be5f4e 100644
--- a/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
+++ b/pkgs/pkgs-lib/formats.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ rec {
 
   yaml = {}: {
 
-    generate = name: value: pkgs.callPackage ({ runCommand, remarshal }: runCommand name {
-      nativeBuildInputs = [ remarshal ];
+    generate = name: value: pkgs.callPackage ({ runCommand, remarshal_0_17 }: runCommand name {
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ remarshal_0_17 ];
       value = builtins.toJSON value;
       passAsFile = [ "value" ];
       preferLocalBuild = true;