diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/accounts-qt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/accounts-qt/default.nix
index dcfe4a4ef27b..2b5baebf10dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/accounts-qt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/accounts-qt/default.nix
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ mkDerivation rec {
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib libaccounts-glib ];
   nativeBuildInputs = [ doxygen pkg-config qmake ];
 
-  # Hack to avoid TMPDIR in RPATHs.
-  preFixup = ''rm -rf "$(pwd)" '';
+  # remove forbidden reference to $TMPDIR
+  preFixup = ''
+    patchelf --shrink-rpath --allowed-rpath-prefixes "/nix/store" "$out"/bin/*
+  '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Qt library for accessing the online accounts database";