diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/default.nix
index 2c55be55b08b..c24812418180 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/paperwork/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
     }' src/paperwork/frontend/util/__init__.py
 
     sed -i -e '/^LOCALE_PATHS = \[/,/^\]$/ {
-      c LOCALE_PATHS = ["'"$out/share/locale"'"]
+      c LOCALE_PATHS = ["'"$out/share"'"]
     }' src/paperwork/paperwork.py
 
     sed -i -e 's/"icon"/"icon-name"/g' \