diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-du/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-du/package.nix
index 94efdb5506d6..6032dbd53055 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-du/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nix-du/package.nix
@@ -3,36 +3,34 @@
   fetchFromGitHub,
   rustPlatform,
   nixVersions,
-  nlohmann_json,
-  boost,
+  nix ? nixVersions.nix_2_34,
   graphviz,
   pkg-config,
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "nix-du";
-  version = "1.2.3";
+  version = "1.2.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "symphorien";
     repo = "nix-du";
     tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
-    hash = "sha256-/Afp0InA/0xXdombAzylYJF9wcv5WwYizVsP+fHTDrM=";
+    hash = "sha256-pqsBWdCdLEdkubcVMuZzF425oU2zgsMSPeDElM+zYBE=";
   };
 
-  cargoHash = "sha256-Q/woxGh1I6FpgJ5D0x7KovSwuRXfZzqjzwljaoKj0/Y=";
+  cargoHash = "sha256-xotbDCuWUeahVsRoOiBdZDC3JpK2a9osbSyVtUyaBrg=";
 
   doCheck = true;
   nativeCheckInputs = [
-    nixVersions.nix_2_28
+    nix
     graphviz
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
-    boost
-    nixVersions.nix_2_28
-    nlohmann_json
-  ];
+    nix
+  ]
+  ++ nix.buildInputs;
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     pkg-config
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/default.nix
index 0f59bb4e9d33..9ef54924323f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/lix/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   nixpkgs-reviewFull,
   nil,
   nix-direnv,
+  nix-du,
   nix-fast-build,
   haskell,
   nix-serve-ng,
@@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ let
             nix = self.lix;
           };
 
+          nix-du = nix-du.override {
+            nix = self.lix;
+          };
+
           nix-eval-jobs = self.callPackage (callPackage ./common-nix-eval-jobs.nix nix-eval-jobs-args) {
             stdenv = lixStdenv;
           };