diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/release/nix-build.nix b/pkgs/build-support/release/nix-build.nix
index 97df52eaced..ac51b90e016 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/release/nix-build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/release/nix-build.nix
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
     '';
   }
 
-  // args //
+  // removeAttrs args [ "lib" ] # Propagating lib causes the evaluation to fail, because lib is a function that can't be converted to a string
 
-  {
+  // {
     name = name + (if src ? version then "-" + src.version else "");
 
     postHook = ''