diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ac/actiona/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ac/actiona/package.nix
index 0e022282ced7..b1c68d2a4c00 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ac/actiona/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ac/actiona/package.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   buildInputs = [
     bluez
     libnotify
-    opencv
+    # NOTE: Specifically not using lib.getOutput here because it would select the out output of opencv, which changes
+    # semantics since make-derivation uses lib.getDev on the dependency arrays, which won't touch derivations with
+    # specified outputs.
+    (opencv.cxxdev or opencv)
     qt6.qtbase
     qt6.qtmultimedia
     qt6.qttools