diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ai/airspy/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ai/airspy/package.nix
index ac8f3f5acabd..6b62f2edbb43 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ai/airspy/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ai/airspy/package.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   postPatch = ''
-    substituteInPlace airspy-tools/CMakeLists.txt --replace "/etc/udev/rules.d" "$out/etc/udev/rules.d"
+    substituteInPlace airspy-tools/CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail "/etc/udev/rules.d" "$out/etc/udev/rules.d"
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [