diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/am/amnezia-vpn-bin/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/am/amnezia-vpn-bin/package.nix
index cf409a498912..ed9b55ff33b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/am/amnezia-vpn-bin/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/am/amnezia-vpn-bin/package.nix
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       --set CQT_PKG_ROOT "$out/share/amnezia-vpn/service"
 
     substituteInPlace $out/share/amnezia-vpn/AmneziaVPN.service \
-      --replace-fail "ExecStart=/opt/AmneziaVPN/service/AmneziaVPN-service.sh" "AmneziaVPN-service" \
+      --replace-fail "/opt/AmneziaVPN/service/AmneziaVPN-service.sh" "AmneziaVPN-service" \
       --replace-fail "Environment=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/AmneziaVPN/client/lib" ""
     ln -s $out/share/amnezia-vpn/AmneziaVPN.service $out/lib/systemd/system/AmneziaVPN.service