diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/yt/ytdownloader/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/yt/ytdownloader/package.nix
index 47aff6b74a2d..341edc43421e 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/yt/ytdownloader/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/yt/ytdownloader/package.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ buildNpmPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD = "1";
+  env.ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD = "1";
 
   dontNpmBuild = true;