diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
index 441f230869b..c7497819799 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/setup-hooks/patch-shebangs.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ patchShebangsAuto () {
         # Dev output will end up being run on the build platform. An
         # example case of this is sdl2-config. Otherwise, we can just
         # use the runtime path (--host).
-        if [ "$output" != out ] && [ "$output" = "${!outputDev}" ]; then
+        if [ "$output" != out ] && [ "$output" = "$outputDev" ]; then
             patchShebangs --build "$prefix"
         else
             patchShebangs --host "$prefix"