diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 872078b1b830..db52e39ac996 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ lib.makeExtensible (
 
       nixComponents_2_26 = (
         nixDependencies.callPackage ./vendor/2_26/componentized.nix {
+          version = "2.26.3";
           inherit (self.nix_2_24.meta) maintainers;
           otherSplices = generateSplicesForNixComponents "nixComponents_2_26";
         }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/.version b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/.version
deleted file mode 100644
index 90f3e72b6118..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/.version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2.26.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/componentized.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/componentized.nix
index 9f51901c052a..43ed56bc551c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/componentized.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/componentized.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   pkgs,
   maintainers,
   otherSplices,
+  version,
 }:
 let
   officialRelease = true;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ let
             officialRelease
             pkgs
             src
+            version
             ;
         };
       };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/components.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/components.nix
index 77cf9c9a5065..db53ff87555d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/components.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/components.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   src,
   officialRelease,
   maintainers,
+  version,
 }:
 
 scope:
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ let
     pkg-config
     ;
 
-  baseVersion = lib.fileContents ../.version;
+  baseVersion = version;
 
   versionSuffix = lib.optionalString (!officialRelease) "pre";