diff --git a/pkgs/data/misc/fedora-backgrounds/generic.nix b/pkgs/data/misc/fedora-backgrounds/generic.nix
index e3735865927e..1211a29c9f0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/misc/fedora-backgrounds/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/misc/fedora-backgrounds/generic.nix
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
   postPatch = ''
     for f in default/Makefile extras/Makefile; do
       substituteInPlace $f \
-        --replace "usr/share" "share" \
-        --replace "/usr/bin/" "" \
-        --replace "/bin/" ""
+        --replace-fail "usr/share" "share" \
+        --replace-fail "/usr/bin/" "" \
+        --replace-fail "/bin/" ""
     done
 
     for f in $(find . -name '*.xml'); do
       substituteInPlace $f \
-        --replace "/usr/share" "$out/share"
+        --replace-fail "/usr/share" "$out/share"
     done;
   '';