diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-container/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-container/package.nix
index 41c3b51ae2e3..cd6da383696b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-container/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-container/package.nix
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
   stateDirectory ? "/var/lib/nixos-containers",
   nixosTests,
   path,
-  lib,
 }:
 replaceVarsWith {
-  pname = "nixos-container";
-  version = lib.trivial.release;
+  name = "nixos-container";
   dir = "bin";
   isExecutable = true;
   src = ./nixos-container.pl;