diff --git a/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
index 647e5dcab3c2..34a21a7e37b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/my-env/default.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ mkDerivation {
         -e 's@trap.*@@' \
         -i "$s"
     cat >> "$out/dev-envs/''${name/env-/}" << EOF
-      buildInputs="$buildInputs"
+      buildInputs="$buildNativeInputs"
       # the setup-new script wants to write some data to a temp file.. so just let it do that and tidy up afterwards
       tmp="\$("${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mktemp" -d)"
       NIX_BUILD_TOP="\$tmp"