diff --git a/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb2/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb2/default.nix
index dab91241e8fa..48e445feae34 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/nosql/influxdb2/default.nix
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ buildGoModule {
     "cmd/telemetryd"
   ];
 
-  PKG_CONFIG_PATH = "${flux}/pkgconfig";
+  env.PKG_CONFIG_PATH = "${flux}/pkgconfig";
 
   postPatch = ''
     # use go-bindata from environment