diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/no/node-gyp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/no/node-gyp/package.nix
index eb9aca673bb9..9e67225be1ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/no/node-gyp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/no/node-gyp/package.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
 
   postPatch = ''
     ln -s ${./package-lock.json} package-lock.json
-    substituteInPlace gyp/pylib/gyp/**.py --replace-fail sys.platform '"${stdenv.targetPlatform.parsed.kernel.name}"'
+    substituteInPlace gyp/pylib/gyp/**.py \
+      --replace-quiet sys.platform '"${stdenv.targetPlatform.parsed.kernel.name}"'
   '';
 
   dontNpmBuild = true;