diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/torch/torch-distro.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/torch/torch-distro.nix
index 88a3071d897c..c0c8c056ab5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/torch/torch-distro.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/torch/torch-distro.nix
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ let
 
           for p in $out/bin/*; do
             wrapProgram $p \
-              --set LD_LIBRARY_PATH "${lib.makeSearchPath "lib" runtimeDeps_}" \
-              --set PATH "${lib.makeSearchPath "bin" runtimeDeps_}" \
+              --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ';' "${lib.makeSearchPath "lib" runtimeDeps_}" \
+              --suffix PATH ';' "${lib.makeSearchPath "bin" runtimeDeps_}" \
               --suffix LUA_PATH ';' "\"$LUA_PATH\"" \
               --suffix LUA_PATH ';' "\"$out/share/lua/${lua.luaversion}/?.lua;$out/share/lua/${lua.luaversion}/?/init.lua\"" \
               --suffix LUA_CPATH ';' "\"$LUA_CPATH\"" \