diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
index 4acc2fb669c6..deb0c99c313a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/i3/blocks-gaps.nix
@@ -28,17 +28,21 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   buildInputs = optional (contains_any scripts perlscripts) perl;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 
-  postFixup = ''
+  postFixup = optionalString (elem "bandwidth" scripts) ''
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/i3blocks/bandwidth \
-      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath (optional (elem "bandwidth" scripts) iproute2)}
+      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath [ iproute2 ]}
+  '' + optionalString (elem "battery" scripts) ''
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/i3blocks/battery \
-      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath (optional (elem "battery" scripts) acpi)}
+      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath [ acpi ]}
+  '' + optionalString (elem "cpu_usage" scripts) ''
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/i3blocks/cpu_usage \
-      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath (optional (elem "cpu_usage" scripts) sysstat)}
+      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath [ sysstat ]}
+  '' + optionalString (elem "iface" scripts) ''
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/i3blocks/iface \
-      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath (optional (elem "iface" scripts) iproute2)}
+      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath [ iproute2 ]}
+  '' + optionalString (elem "volume" scripts) ''
     wrapProgram $out/libexec/i3blocks/volume \
-      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath (optional (elem "volume" scripts) alsa-utils)}
+      --prefix PATH : ${makeBinPath [ alsa-utils ]}
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {