diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/se/searxng/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/se/searxng/package.nix
index 17883d931a48..d588bf630730 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/se/searxng/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/se/searxng/package.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ python.pkgs.toPythonModule (
     preBuild =
       let
         versionString = lib.concatStringsSep "." (
-          builtins.tail (lib.splitString "-" (lib.removePrefix "0-" version))
+          map (lib.removePrefix "0") (builtins.tail (lib.splitString "-" (lib.removePrefix "0-" version)))
         );
         commitAbbrev = builtins.substring 0 8 src.rev;
       in