diff --git a/third_party/nix/default.nix b/third_party/nix/default.nix
index 5792c3034..ab5420649 100644
--- a/third_party/nix/default.nix
+++ b/third_party/nix/default.nix
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ in lib.fix (self: pkgs.llvmPackages.libcxxStdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     # configuration variables for templated files
     export storedir=/nix/store
-    export localstatedir=/nix/var/nix
+    export localstatedir=/nix/var
     export bindir=$out/bin
 
     mkdir -p $out/lib/systemd/system