diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/retroarch-bare/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/retroarch-bare/package.nix
index 6e957a924503..bc6c5cc4adc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/retroarch-bare/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/retroarch-bare/package.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
   retroarch-assets,
   retroarch-bare,
   retroarch-joypad-autoconfig,
-  runCommand,
+  writeText,
   symlinkJoin,
   # params
   enableNvidiaCgToolkit ? false,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
           libretro
           makeBinaryWrapper
           retroarch-bare
-          runCommand
+          writeText
           symlinkJoin
           cores
           ;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/re/retroarch-bare/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/by-name/re/retroarch-bare/wrapper.nix
index 526930006bb8..8e19952f9e42 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/re/retroarch-bare/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/re/retroarch-bare/wrapper.nix
@@ -3,22 +3,16 @@
   libretro,
   makeBinaryWrapper,
   retroarch-bare,
-  runCommand,
+  writeText,
   symlinkJoin,
   cores ? [ ],
   settings ? { },
 }:
 
 let
-  settingsPath =
-    runCommand "declarative-retroarch.cfg"
-      {
-        value = lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (n: v: "${n} = \"${v}\"") settings);
-        __structuredAttrs = true;
-      }
-      ''
-        printf "%s" "$value" > "$out"
-      '';
+  settingsPath = writeText "declarative-retroarch.cfg" (
+    lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (n: v: "${n} = \"${v}\"") settings)
+  );
 
   # All cores should be located in the same path after symlinkJoin,
   # but let's be safe here