diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ae/aerc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ae/aerc/package.nix
index ee7a32e8e375..d6697cf1558d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ae/aerc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ae/aerc/package.nix
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ buildGoModule rec {
 
   postFixup = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/aerc \
-      --prefix PATH ":" "${lib.makeBinPath [ ncurses ]}"
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ ncurses ]}
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/aerc/filters/html \
-      --prefix PATH ":"  ${lib.makeBinPath [ w3m dante ]}
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ w3m dante ]}
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/aerc/filters/html-unsafe \
-      --prefix PATH ":" ${lib.makeBinPath [ w3m dante ]}
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ w3m dante ]}
     patchShebangs $out/libexec/aerc/filters
   '';