diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/co/colord/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/co/colord/package.nix
index fcaee7eb20b2..04a22087a26f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/co/colord/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/co/colord/package.nix
@@ -122,11 +122,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     glib-compile-schemas $out/share/glib-2.0/schemas
   '';
 
-  PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDSYSTEMUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/system";
-  PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDUSERUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user";
-  PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_TMPFILESDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/tmpfiles.d";
-  PKG_CONFIG_BASH_COMPLETION_COMPLETIONSDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/share/bash-completion/completions";
-  PKG_CONFIG_UDEV_UDEVDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/udev";
+  env = {
+    PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDSYSTEMUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/system";
+    PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_SYSTEMDUSERUNITDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user";
+    PKG_CONFIG_SYSTEMD_TMPFILESDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/tmpfiles.d";
+    PKG_CONFIG_BASH_COMPLETION_COMPLETIONSDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/share/bash-completion/completions";
+    PKG_CONFIG_UDEV_UDEVDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/udev";
+  };
 
   passthru = {
     tests = {