diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-rebuild-ng/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-rebuild-ng/package.nix
index e5a4796136de..e64d4208c73e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-rebuild-ng/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-rebuild-ng/package.nix
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
       --subst-var-by withShellFiles ${lib.boolToString withShellFiles}
 
     substituteInPlace pyproject.toml \
-      --subst-var-by executable ${executable}
+      --replace-fail nixos-rebuild ${executable}
   '';
 
   postInstall = lib.optionalString withShellFiles ''
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-rebuild-ng/src/pyproject.toml b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-rebuild-ng/src/pyproject.toml
index e640188d363a..1ea72b4b6ebb 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-rebuild-ng/src/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-rebuild-ng/src/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ requires = ["setuptools"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
-name = "nixos-rebuild-ng"
+name = "nixos-rebuild"
 version = "0.0.0"
 
 [project.scripts]
-@executable@ = "nixos_rebuild:main"
+nixos-rebuild = "nixos_rebuild:main"
 
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 nixos_rebuild = ["*.template.nix"]