diff --git a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/cudnn.nix b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/cudnn.nix
index 594b94daa414..49c9b91bafaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/cudnn.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/cuda-modules/packages/cudnn.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   lib,
   libcublas,
   cuda_nvrtc,
-  patchelf,
+  buildPackages,
   zlib,
 }:
 buildRedist (
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ buildRedist (
     # exist in CuDNN 8.
     # NOTE: Versions from CUDNN releases have four components.
     postFixup = lib.optionalString (cudnnAtLeast "8" && cudnnOlder "9") ''
-      ${lib.getExe patchelf} ''${!outputLib:?}/lib/libcudnn.so --add-needed libcudnn_cnn_infer.so
-      ${lib.getExe patchelf} ''${!outputLib:?}/lib/libcudnn_ops_infer.so --add-needed libcublas.so --add-needed libcublasLt.so
+      ${lib.getExe buildPackages.patchelf} ''${!outputLib:?}/lib/libcudnn.so --add-needed libcudnn_cnn_infer.so
+      ${lib.getExe buildPackages.patchelf} ''${!outputLib:?}/lib/libcudnn_ops_infer.so --add-needed libcublas.so --add-needed libcublasLt.so
     '';
 
     # CuDNN depends on libnvrtc.so at runtime, as mentioned here in one small error description