diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix
index 8278059128b8..d49e972513cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/package.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   makeFontsConf,
   runCommand,
   xdg-utils,
+  nix-update-script,
   pname ? "nexusmods-app",
 }:
 let
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ buildDotnetModule (finalAttrs: {
           NexusMods.App list-tools
         '';
       };
-    updateScript = ./update.bash;
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/update.bash b/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/update.bash
deleted file mode 100755
index fac4a04e422a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/nexusmods-app/update.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#!nix-shell -I nixpkgs=./. -i bash -p nix-update
-#shellcheck shell=bash
-
-set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
-
-package=nexusmods-app
-nix-update "$package"
-"$(nix-build --attr "$package".fetch-deps --no-out-link)"