diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/np/nph/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/np/nph/package.nix
index 4b40da01048a..60aa0d965f06 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/np/nph/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/np/nph/package.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ let
     nim2 = nim-2_0;
   };
 in
-buildNimPackage' (finalAttrs: {
+buildNimPackage' (finalAttrs: rec {
   pname = "nph";
   version = "0.6.1";
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace src/nph.nim \
+      --replace-fail 'git describe --long --dirty --always --tags' "echo ${version}"
+  '';
+
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "arnetheduck";
     repo = "nph";