diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
index 9edc0ced412..d00ad8ee467 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { buildPackages, runCommand, nettools, bc, bison, flex, perl, rsync, gmp, libmpc, mpfr, openssl
-, libelf, cpio, elfutils
+, libelf, cpio, elfutils, gawk
 , writeTextFile
 }:
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ let
         # See also https://kernelnewbies.org/BuildId
         sed -i Makefile -e 's|--build-id|--build-id=none|'
 
-        sed -i scripts/ld-version.sh -e "s|/usr/bin/awk|${buildPackages.gawk}/bin/awk|"
+        patchShebangs scripts/ld-version.sh
       '';
 
       postPatch = ''
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ((drvAttrs config stdenv.hostPlatform.platform kernelPatches
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   depsBuildBuild = [ buildPackages.stdenv.cc ];
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl bc nettools openssl rsync gmp libmpc mpfr ]
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ perl bc nettools openssl rsync gmp libmpc mpfr gawk ]
       ++ optional  (stdenv.hostPlatform.platform.kernelTarget == "uImage") buildPackages.ubootTools
       ++ optional  (stdenv.lib.versionAtLeast version "4.14" && stdenv.lib.versionOlder version "5.8") libelf
       # Removed util-linuxMinimal since it should not be a dependency.