diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/slack-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/slack-cli/default.nix
index 24d82782466..dc8b25d868c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/slack-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/slack-cli/default.nix
@@ -5,29 +5,43 @@
 # for token storage, except that it would make the Nix package inconsistent with
 # upstream and other distributions.
 
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, lib, writeShellScriptBin, fetchFromGitHub, curl, jq }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "slack-cli-${version}";
-  version = "0.18.0";
+let
+  wrapper = writeShellScriptBin "slack" ''
+    [ "$1" = "init" -a -z "$SLACK_CLI_TOKEN" ] && cat >&2 <<-'MESSAGE'
+    WARNING: slack-cli must be configured using the SLACK_CLI_TOKEN environment
+    variable. Using `slack init` will not work because it tries to write to the
+    Nix store.
 
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "rockymadden";
-    repo = "slack-cli";
-    rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "022yr3cpfg0v7cxi62zzk08vp0l3w851qpfh6amyfgjiynnfyddl";
-  };
+    MESSAGE
 
-  dontBuild = true;
-
-  installPhase = ''
-    mkdir -p "$out/bin"
-    cp src/slack "$out/bin"
+    export PATH=${lib.makeBinPath [ curl jq ]}:"$PATH"
+    exec "$(dirname "$0")/.slack-wrapped" "$@"
   '';
 
-  meta = {
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.qyliss ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
-  };
-}
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "slack-cli-${version}";
+    version = "0.18.0";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+      owner = "rockymadden";
+      repo = "slack-cli";
+      rev = "v${version}";
+      sha256 = "022yr3cpfg0v7cxi62zzk08vp0l3w851qpfh6amyfgjiynnfyddl";
+    };
+
+    dontBuild = true;
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+      cp src/slack "$out/bin/.slack-wrapped"
+      ln -s ${wrapper}/bin/slack "$out/bin/slack"
+    '';
+
+    meta = {
+      license = lib.licenses.mit;
+      maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.qyliss ];
+      platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
+    };
+  }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/slack-cli/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/slack-cli/wrapper.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index f31553bda37..00000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/slack-cli/wrapper.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, writeShellScriptBin, curl, jq }:
-
-slack-cli:
-
-(writeShellScriptBin "slack" ''
-  [ "$1" = "init" -a -z "$SLACK_CLI_TOKEN" ] && cat >&2 <<-'MESSAGE'
-  WARNING: slack-cli must be configured using the SLACK_CLI_TOKEN environment
-  variable. Using `slack init` will not work because it tries to write to the
-  Nix store.
-
-  MESSAGE
-
-  export PATH=${lib.makeBinPath [ curl jq ]}:"$PATH"
-  exec ${slack-cli}/bin/slack "$@"
-'') // {
-  unwrapped = slack-cli;
-
-  meta = slack-cli.meta;
-  name = slack-cli.name;
-  version = slack-cli.version;
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f53b144cee9..c2f1f212a52 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16695,9 +16695,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   slack = callPackage ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/slack { };
 
-  wrapSlackCli = callPackage ../tools/networking/slack-cli/wrapper.nix { };
-  slack-cli-unwrapped = callPackage ../tools/networking/slack-cli { };
-  slack-cli = wrapSlackCli slack-cli-unwrapped;
+  slack-cli = callPackage ../tools/networking/slack-cli { };
 
   singularity = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/singularity { };