diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-utils.nix b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-utils.nix
index 2a758aa9843..a6802a100bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-utils.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vim-plugins/vim-utils.nix
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ let
 
         " tell vam about which plugins to load when:
         let l = []
-        ${lib.concatMapStrings (p: "call add(l, ${toNix p})\n") vam.pluginDictionaries}
+        ${lib.concatMapStrings (p: "call add(l, {'name': '${p.pname}'})\n") plugins}
         call vam#Scripts(l, {})
       '');