diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/mesos/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/mesos/default.nix
index 6d6040aba8b..bafa63b6fdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/mesos/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/mesos/default.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
 
     substituteInPlace configure.ac             \
-      --replace /usr/include/libnl3 ${libnl}/include/libnl3
+      --replace /usr/include/libnl3 ${libnl.dev}/include/libnl3
 
     substituteInPlace src/linux/perf.cpp       \
       --replace '"perf ' '"${perf}/bin/perf '
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/criu/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/criu/default.nix
index 0d06864df1e..630c4985325 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/criu/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/criu/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace ./scripts/gen-offsets.sh --replace hexdump ${utillinux}/bin/hexdump
     substituteInPlace ./Documentation/Makefile --replace "2>/dev/null" ""
     substituteInPlace ./Documentation/Makefile --replace "--skip-validation" "--skip-validation -x ${docbook_xsl}/xml/xsl/docbook/manpages/docbook.xsl"
-    substituteInPlace ./criu/Makefile --replace "-I/usr/include/libnl3" "-I${libnl}/include/libnl3"
+    substituteInPlace ./criu/Makefile --replace "-I/usr/include/libnl3" "-I${libnl.dev}/include/libnl3"
     substituteInPlace ./Makefile --replace "tar-name := $(shell git tag -l v$(CRIU_VERSION))" "tar-name = 2.0" # --replace "-Werror" ""
     ln -sf ${protobuf}/include/google/protobuf/descriptor.proto ./images/google/protobuf/descriptor.proto
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix
index 0edd2d6e0f4..a3e9e930f5e 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/wpa_supplicant/default.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cat -n .config
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /usr/local $out
     export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE \
-      -I$(echo "${libnl}"/include/libnl*/) \
+      -I$(echo "${libnl.dev}"/include/libnl*/) \
       -I${pcsclite}/include/PCSC/"
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/keepalived/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/keepalived/default.nix
index bc0085a731e..1d0c9d55076 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/keepalived/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/keepalived/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   # It doesn't know about the include/libnl<n> directory
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${libnl}/include/libnl3";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-I${libnl.dev}/include/libnl3";
   NIX_LDFLAGS="-lnl-3 -lnl-genl-3";
 
   configureFlags = [