diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
index d251b2da45c6..efd8f8f541af 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/default.nix
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ self = rec {
     # $ eval echo $(nix-instantiate --eval --expr 'with (import <nixpkgs>) {}; clang.default_cxx_stdlib_compile')
     preFixup = ''
       substituteInPlace "$out"/share/vim-plugins/clang_complete/plugin/clang_complete.vim \
-        --replace "let g:clang_library_path = '' + "''" + ''" "let g:clang_library_path='${llvmPackages.clang.cc}/lib/libclang.so'"
+        --replace "let g:clang_library_path = '' + "''" + ''" "let g:clang_library_path='${llvmPackages.clang.cc.lib}/lib/libclang.so'"
     '';
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/clang_complete b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/clang_complete
index ed88e08742ed..f1d48c4a04f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/clang_complete
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim2nix/additional-nix-code/clang_complete
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
     # $ eval echo $(nix-instantiate --eval --expr 'with (import <nixpkgs>) {}; clang.default_cxx_stdlib_compile')
     preFixup = ''
       substituteInPlace "$out"/share/vim-plugins/clang_complete/plugin/clang_complete.vim \
-        --replace "let g:clang_library_path = '' + "''" + ''" "let g:clang_library_path='${llvmPackages.clang.cc}/lib/libclang.so'"
+        --replace "let g:clang_library_path = '' + "''" + ''" "let g:clang_library_path='${llvmPackages.clang.cc.lib}/lib/libclang.so'"
     '';