diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nearcore/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nearcore/package.nix
index 5bb712ce75e4..0d1be4a5d9c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nearcore/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nearcore/package.nix
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
       --replace 'get_git_version()?' '"nix:${version}"'
   '';
 
-  CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS = "1";
-  CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO = "fat";
-  NEAR_RELEASE_BUILD = "release";
+  env = {
+    CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS = "1";
+    CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO = "fat";
+    NEAR_RELEASE_BUILD = "release";
 
-  OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = 1; # we want to link to OpenSSL provided by Nix
+    OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = 1; # we want to link to OpenSSL provided by Nix
+  };
 
   # don't build SDK samples that require wasm-enabled rust
   buildAndTestSubdir = "neard";