diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 46f2d265216..d55adf2115b 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ let
     let env = builtins.getEnv name; in
     if env == "" then default else env;
   configuration = import (fromEnv "NIXOS_CONFIG" /etc/nixos/configuration.nix);
-  nixpkgsPath   =         fromEnv "NIXPKGS"      /etc/nixos/nixpkgs;
+  nixpkgs   =         fromEnv "NIXPKGS"      /etc/nixos/nixpkgs;
 
-  system = import system/system.nix { inherit configuration nixpkgsPath; };
+  system = import system/system.nix { inherit configuration nixpkgs; };
 
 in