diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ip/ipp-usb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ip/ipp-usb/package.nix
index c2350842ee2f..1adee0a56ffd 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ip/ipp-usb/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ip/ipp-usb/package.nix
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   postPatch = ''
     # rebuild with patched paths
     rm ipp-usb.8
-    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace "install: all" "install: man"
-    substituteInPlace systemd-udev/ipp-usb.service --replace "/sbin" "$out/bin"
-    for i in Makefile paths.go ipp-usb.8.md; do
-      substituteInPlace $i --replace "/usr" "$out"
-      substituteInPlace $i --replace "/var/ipp-usb" "/var/lib/ipp-usb"
+    substituteInPlace Makefile \
+      --replace-fail "install: all" "install: man" \
+      --replace-fail "/usr/" "/"
+    substituteInPlace systemd-udev/ipp-usb.service --replace-fail "/sbin" "$out/bin"
+    for i in paths.go ipp-usb.8.md; do
+      substituteInPlace $i --replace-fail "/usr" "$out"
+      substituteInPlace $i --replace-fail "/var/ipp-usb" "/var/lib/ipp-usb"
     done
   '';
 
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   doInstallCheck = true;
 
   postInstall = ''
-    # to accomodate the makefile
+    # to accommodate the makefile
     cp $out/bin/ipp-usb .
     make install DESTDIR=$out
   '';