diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
index 195c5259a324..35f5c4070b5a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/libvirtd.nix
@@ -426,9 +426,11 @@ in
             libvirt/qemu/networks/*.xml \
             libvirt/nwfilter/*.xml );
         do
-            mkdir -p /var/lib/$(dirname $i) -m 755
-            if [ ! -e /var/lib/$i ]; then
-              cp -pd ${cfg.package}/var/lib/$i /var/lib/$i
+            # Intended behavior
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2174
+            mkdir -p "/var/lib/$(dirname "$i")" -m 755
+            if [ ! -e "/var/lib/$i" ]; then
+              cp -pd "${cfg.package}/var/lib/$i" "/var/lib/$i"
             fi
         done
 
@@ -440,9 +442,7 @@ in
           ln -s --force "$emulator" /run/${dirName}/nix-emulators/
         done
 
-        for helper in bin/qemu-pr-helper; do
-          ln -s --force ${cfg.qemu.package}/$helper /run/${dirName}/nix-helpers/
-        done
+        ln -s --force ${cfg.qemu.package}/bin/qemu-pr-helper /run/${dirName}/nix-helpers/
 
         ${optionalString cfg.qemu.ovmf.enable (let
           ovmfpackage = pkgs.buildEnv {