diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/da/dae/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/da/dae/package.nix
index 1086b4506532..f22309b66d87 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/da/dae/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/da/dae/package.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ buildGoModule (finalAttrs: {
   postInstall = ''
     install -Dm444 install/dae.service $out/lib/systemd/system/dae.service
     substituteInPlace $out/lib/systemd/system/dae.service \
-      --replace /usr/bin/dae $out/bin/dae
+      --replace-fail "/usr/bin/dae" "$out/bin/dae"
   '';
 
   passthru.tests = {