diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/common.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/common.nix
index e6d7cbc377cf..1195f7be7de6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/common.nix
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ backendStdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     popd
   '';
   passthru = {
-    cc = backendStdenv.cc;
+    inherit (backendStdenv) cc;
     majorMinorVersion = lib.versions.majorMinor version;
     majorVersion = lib.versions.majorMinor version;
   };