diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 63e02882e2c3..6f8530296044 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ let
         stringLength
         substring
         isString
+        replaceString
         replaceStrings
         intersperse
         concatStringsSep
diff --git a/lib/gvariant.nix b/lib/gvariant.nix
index d316a3254a25..e66217db8188 100644
--- a/lib/gvariant.nix
+++ b/lib/gvariant.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ let
     concatStrings
     escape
     head
-    replaceStrings
+    replaceString
     ;
 
   mkPrimitive = t: v: {
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ rec {
   mkString =
     v:
     let
-      sanitize = s: replaceStrings [ "\n" ] [ "\\n" ] (escape [ "'" "\\" ] s);
+      sanitize = s: replaceString "\n" "\\n" (escape [ "'" "\\" ] s);
     in
     mkPrimitive type.string v
     // {
diff --git a/lib/strings.nix b/lib/strings.nix
index ba8c47b69037..359e1a4cd8db 100644
--- a/lib/strings.nix
+++ b/lib/strings.nix
@@ -332,6 +332,41 @@ rec {
   */
   concatLines = concatMapStrings (s: s + "\n");
 
+  /**
+    Given string `s`, replace every occurrence of the string `from` with the string `to`.
+
+    # Inputs
+
+    `from`
+    : The string to be replaced
+
+    `to`
+    : The string to replace with
+
+    `s`
+    : The original string where replacements will be made
+
+    # Type
+
+    ```
+    replaceString :: string -> string -> string -> string
+    ```
+
+    # Examples
+    :::{.example}
+    ## `lib.strings.replaceString` usage example
+
+    ```nix
+    replaceString "world" "Nix" "Hello, world!"
+    => "Hello, Nix!"
+    replaceString "." "_" "v1.2.3"
+    => "v1_2_3"
+    ```
+
+    :::
+  */
+  replaceString = from: to: replaceStrings [ from ] [ to ];
+
   /**
     Repeat a string `n` times,
     and concatenate the parts into a new string.
@@ -1138,7 +1173,7 @@ rec {
       string = toString arg;
     in
     if match "[[:alnum:],._+:@%/-]+" string == null then
-      "'${replaceStrings [ "'" ] [ "'\\''" ] string}'"
+      "'${replaceString "'" "'\\''" string}'"
     else
       string;
 
diff --git a/lib/systems/default.nix b/lib/systems/default.nix
index 4d4a6d0030a6..6b9da270bf5f 100644
--- a/lib/systems/default.nix
+++ b/lib/systems/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let
     optionalAttrs
     optionalString
     removeSuffix
-    replaceStrings
+    replaceString
     toUpper
     ;
 
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ let
             #
             # https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/pull/9169
             # https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/8285#issuecomment-634202431
-            cargoEnvVarTarget = replaceStrings [ "-" ] [ "_" ] (toUpper final.rust.cargoShortTarget);
+            cargoEnvVarTarget = replaceString "-" "_" (toUpper final.rust.cargoShortTarget);
 
             # True if the target is no_std
             # https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/2e44c17c12cec45b6a682b1e53a04ac5b5fcc9d2/src/bootstrap/config.rs#L415-L421
diff --git a/lib/tests/misc.nix b/lib/tests/misc.nix
index 0d8377ec6006..437714a2822e 100644
--- a/lib/tests/misc.nix
+++ b/lib/tests/misc.nix
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ let
     range
     recursiveUpdateUntil
     removePrefix
+    replaceString
     replicate
     runTests
     setFunctionArgs
@@ -497,6 +498,11 @@ runTests {
     expected = "/usr/include:/usr/local/include";
   };
 
+  testReplaceStringString = {
+    expr = strings.replaceString "." "_" "v1.2.3";
+    expected = "v1_2_3";
+  };
+
   testReplicateString = {
     expr = strings.replicate 5 "hello";
     expected = "hellohellohellohellohello";
@@ -1728,6 +1734,11 @@ runTests {
     ];
   };
 
+  testReplaceString = {
+    expr = replaceString "world" "Nix" "Hello, world!";
+    expected = "Hello, Nix!";
+  };
+
   testReplicate = {
     expr = replicate 3 "a";
     expected = [