diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix
index 1987f574e7f4..244c1d7ab7df 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fb/fbthrift/package.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   cmake,
   ninja,
-  removeReferencesTo,
+  sanitiseHeaderPathsHook,
 
   openssl,
   gflags,
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     ninja
-    removeReferencesTo
+    sanitiseHeaderPathsHook
   ];
 
   buildInputs = [
@@ -104,18 +104,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       (lib.cmakeFeature "CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS" "-Wl,-undefined,dynamic_lookup")
     ];
 
-  postFixup = ''
-    # Sanitize header paths to avoid runtime dependencies leaking in
-    # through `__FILE__`.
-    (
-      shopt -s globstar
-      for header in "$out/include"/**/*.h; do
-        sed -i "1i#line 1 \"$header\"" "$header"
-        remove-references-to -t "$out" "$header"
-      done
-    )
-  '';
-
   passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
 
   meta = {