diff --git a/src/nix/develop.cc b/src/nix/develop.cc
index bb96f7786..b654dc52f 100644
--- a/src/nix/develop.cc
+++ b/src/nix/develop.cc
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ struct BuildEnvironment
             throw Error("bash variable is not a string");
     }
 
+    static Associative getAssociative(const Value & value)
+    {
+        if (auto assoc = std::get_if<Associative>(&value))
+            return *assoc;
+        else
+            throw Error("bash variable is not an associative array");
+    }
+
     static Array getStrings(const Value & value)
     {
         if (auto str = std::get_if<String>(&value))
@@ -362,13 +370,17 @@ struct Common : InstallableCommand, MixProfile
         auto outputs = buildEnvironment.vars.find("outputs");
         assert(outputs != buildEnvironment.vars.end());
 
-        // FIXME: properly unquote 'outputs'.
         StringMap rewrites;
-        for (auto & outputName : BuildEnvironment::getStrings(outputs->second)) {
-            auto from = buildEnvironment.vars.find(outputName);
-            assert(from != buildEnvironment.vars.end());
-            // FIXME: unquote
-            rewrites.insert({BuildEnvironment::getString(from->second), outputsDir + "/" + outputName});
+        if (buildEnvironment.providesStructuredAttrs()) {
+            for (auto & [outputName, from] : BuildEnvironment::getAssociative(outputs->second)) {
+                rewrites.insert({from, outputsDir + "/" + outputName});
+            }
+        } else {
+            for (auto & outputName : BuildEnvironment::getStrings(outputs->second)) {
+                auto from = buildEnvironment.vars.find(outputName);
+                assert(from != buildEnvironment.vars.end());
+                rewrites.insert({BuildEnvironment::getString(from->second), outputsDir + "/" + outputName});
+            }
         }
 
         /* Substitute redirects. */
diff --git a/src/nix/get-env.sh b/src/nix/get-env.sh
index 832cc2f11..071edf9b9 100644
--- a/src/nix/get-env.sh
+++ b/src/nix/get-env.sh
@@ -128,20 +128,25 @@ __escapeString() {
     printf '"%s"' "$__s"
 }
 
-# In case of `__structuredAttrs = true;` the list of outputs is an associative
-# array with a format like `outname => /nix/store/hash-drvname-outname`, so `__olist`
-# must contain the array's keys (hence `${!...[@]}`) in this case.
-if [ -e "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE" ]; then
-    __olist="${!outputs[@]}"
-else
-    __olist=$outputs
-fi
-
-for __output in $__olist; do
-    if [[ -z $__done ]]; then
-        __dumpEnv > ${!__output}
+__dumpEnvToOutput() {
+    local __output="$1"
+    if [[ -z ${__done-} ]]; then
+        __dumpEnv > "$__output"
         __done=1
     else
-        echo -n >> "${!__output}"
+        echo -n >> "$__output"
     fi
-done
+}
+
+# In case of `__structuredAttrs = true;` the list of outputs is an associative
+# array with a format like `outname => /nix/store/hash-drvname-outname`.
+# Otherwise it is a space-separated list of output variable names.
+if [ -e "$NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE" ]; then
+    for __output in "${outputs[@]}"; do
+        __dumpEnvToOutput "$__output"
+    done
+else
+    for __outname in $outputs; do
+        __dumpEnvToOutput "${!__outname}"
+    done
+fi
diff --git a/tests/functional/shell.nix b/tests/functional/shell.nix
index 92d94fbc2..6a7dd7ad1 100644
--- a/tests/functional/shell.nix
+++ b/tests/functional/shell.nix
@@ -21,14 +21,6 @@ let pkgs = rec {
       export PATH=$PATH:$pkg/bin
     done
 
-    # mimic behavior of stdenv for `$out` etc. for structured attrs.
-    if [ -n "''${NIX_ATTRS_SH_FILE}" ]; then
-      for o in "''${!outputs[@]}"; do
-        eval "''${o}=''${outputs[$o]}"
-        export "''${o}"
-      done
-    fi
-
     declare -a arr1=(1 2 "3 4" 5)
     declare -a arr2=(x $'\n' $'x\ny')
     fun() {
diff --git a/tests/functional/structured-attrs.sh b/tests/functional/structured-attrs.sh
index f11992dcd..6711efbb4 100644
--- a/tests/functional/structured-attrs.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/structured-attrs.sh
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ jsonOut="$(nix print-dev-env -f structured-attrs-shell.nix --json)"
 
 test "$(<<<"$jsonOut" jq '.structuredAttrs|keys|.[]' -r)" = "$(printf ".attrs.json\n.attrs.sh")"
 
-test "$(<<<"$jsonOut" jq '.variables.out.value' -r)" = "$(<<<"$jsonOut" jq '.structuredAttrs.".attrs.json"' -r | jq -r '.outputs.out')"
+test "$(<<<"$jsonOut" jq '.variables.outputs.value.out' -r)" = "$(<<<"$jsonOut" jq '.structuredAttrs.".attrs.json"' -r | jq -r '.outputs.out')"