diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
index ac11de698b56..957de2dcc307 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ rec {
       else if system == "x86_64-cygwin" then pkgs_x86_64_cygwin
       else abort "unsupported system type: ${system}";
 
-  inherit (pkgsForCross null) pkgsFor;
+  pkgsFor = pkgsForCross null;
 
 
   # More poor man's memoisation