diff --git a/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix
index 9d4e04d1c18a..617b71a6b2a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/uboot/default.nix
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ let
       ncurses # tools/kwboot
       bc
       bison
-      dtc
       flex
       installShellFiles
       (buildPackages.python3.withPackages (p: [
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ let
     enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
     makeFlags = [
-      "DTC=dtc"
+      "DTC=${lib.getExe buildPackages.dtc}"
       "CROSS_COMPILE=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}"
     ] ++ extraMakeFlags;