diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ad/adbfs-rootless/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ad/adbfs-rootless/package.nix
index c899d5dbe569..dfd5429d72c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ad/adbfs-rootless/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ad/adbfs-rootless/package.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   postPatch = ''
     # very ugly way of replacing the adb calls
     substituteInPlace adbfs.cpp \
-      --replace '"adb ' '"${android-tools}/bin/adb '
+      --replace-fail '"adb ' '"${android-tools}/bin/adb '
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''