diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
index fcb977fe204..a0a14e89860 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/neovim/default.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ let
     '';
 
     postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
-      sed -i -e "s|'xsel|'${xsel}/bin/xsel|" $out/share/nvim/runtime/autoload/provider/clipboard.vim
+      sed -i -e "s|'xsel|'${xsel}/bin/xsel|g" $out/share/nvim/runtime/autoload/provider/clipboard.vim
     '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (withJemalloc && stdenv.isDarwin) ''
       install_name_tool -change libjemalloc.1.dylib \
                 ${jemalloc}/lib/libjemalloc.1.dylib \