diff --git a/pkgs/games/meritous/default.nix b/pkgs/games/meritous/default.nix
index e7dd1bee70c9..c7631f2370db 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/meritous/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/meritous/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   prePatch = ''
     substituteInPlace Makefile \
       --replace "CPPFLAGS +=" "CPPFLAGS += -DSAVES_IN_HOME -DDATADIR=\\\"$out/share/meritous\\\"" \
-      --replace sld-config ${SDL.dev}/bin/sdl-config
+      --replace sld-config ${lib.getDev SDL}/bin/sdl-config
     substituteInPlace src/audio.c \
       --replace "filename[64]" "filename[256]"
   '';