diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/mkLibretroCore.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/mkLibretroCore.nix
index bc457d0cb702..7523288bd28d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/mkLibretroCore.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/retroarch/mkLibretroCore.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
 
     install -Dt ${coreDir} ${coreFilename}
     makeWrapper ${retroarch}/bin/retroarch $out/bin/${mainProgram} \
-      --add-flags "-L ${coreDir}/${coreFilename} $@"
+      --add-flags "-L ${coreDir}/${coreFilename}"
 
     runHook postInstall
   '';