diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
index f67d8e761b4..1007f4df8ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/default.nix
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     genericPatches = ''
       # Substitute python's stub shebang to plain python path. (see TODO add pr URL)
       # See also `postFixup` where python is added to $out/nix-support
-      patchShebangs src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/python_stub_template.txt \
+      substituteInPlace src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/bazel/rules/python/python_stub_template.txt \
           --replace "#!/usr/bin/env python" "#!${python3}/bin/python"
 
       # md5sum is part of coreutils