diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/gl/glfw3/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/gl/glfw3/package.nix
index b098896a9859..d597d79aaa61 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/gl/glfw3/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/gl/glfw3/package.nix
@@ -63,17 +63,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   postPatch = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
     substituteInPlace src/wl_init.c \
-      --replace-fail "libxkbcommon.so.0" "${lib.getLib libxkbcommon}/lib/libxkbcommon.so.0" \
-      --replace-fail "libdecor-0.so.0" "${lib.getLib libdecor}/lib/libdecor-0.so.0" \
-      --replace-fail "libwayland-client.so.0" "${lib.getLib wayland}/lib/libwayland-client.so.0" \
-      --replace-fail "libwayland-cursor.so.0" "${lib.getLib wayland}/lib/libwayland-cursor.so.0" \
-      --replace-fail "libwayland-egl.so.1" "${lib.getLib wayland}/lib/libwayland-egl.so.1"
+      --replace-fail '"libdecor-0.so.0"' '"${lib.getLib libdecor}/lib/libdecor-0.so.0"' \
+      --replace-fail '"libwayland-client.so.0"' '"${lib.getLib wayland}/lib/libwayland-client.so.0"' \
+      --replace-fail '"libwayland-cursor.so.0"' '"${lib.getLib wayland}/lib/libwayland-cursor.so.0"' \
+      --replace-fail '"libwayland-egl.so.1"' '"${lib.getLib wayland}/lib/libwayland-egl.so.1"' \
+      --replace-fail '"libxkbcommon.so.0"' '"${lib.getLib libxkbcommon}/lib/libxkbcommon.so.0"'
   '';
 
-  # glfw may dlopen libwayland-client.so:
-  postFixup = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux ''
-    patchelf ''${!outputLib}/lib/libglfw.so --add-rpath ${lib.getLib wayland}/lib
-  '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
     # Static linking isn't supported