diff --git a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image.nix b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image.nix
index 65ce2fec2033..66837396bb90 100644
--- a/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/maintainers/scripts/openstack/openstack-image.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ in
       ;
     inherit (config.image) baseName;
     additionalSpace = "1024M";
-    pkgs = import ../../../.. { inherit (pkgs) system; }; # ensure we use the regular qemu-kvm package
+    pkgs = import ../../../.. { inherit (pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform) system; }; # ensure we use the regular qemu-kvm package
     configFile = pkgs.writeText "configuration.nix" ''
       {
         imports = [ <nixpkgs/nixos/modules/virtualisation/openstack-config.nix> ];