diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh
index 61bdafa88c37..9a124f415b8c 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/auto-patchelf.sh
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ addAutoPatchelfSearchPath() {
 }
 
 autoPatchelf() {
-    local -a norecurse=
+    local norecurse=
 
     while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
         case "$1" in