diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ha/handheld-daemon/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ha/handheld-daemon/package.nix
index ad0554bec36d..246e3879bb5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ha/handheld-daemon/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ha/handheld-daemon/package.nix
@@ -34,17 +34,15 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
   doCheck = false;
 
   postPatch = ''
-    # The generated udev rules point to /bin/chmod, which does not exist in NixOS
-    substituteInPlace src/hhd/controller/lib/hide.py \
-      --replace-fail /bin/chmod ${toybox}/bin/chmod
-
     # handheld-daemon contains a fork of the python module `hid`, so this hook
     # is borrowed from the `hid` derivation.
-    substituteInPlace src/hhd/controller/lib/hid.py \
-      --replace-fail libhidapi ${hidapi}/lib/libhidapi
-
     hidapi=${hidapi}/lib/
     test -d $hidapi || { echo "ERROR: $hidapi doesn't exist, please update/fix this build expression."; exit 1; }
+    sed -i -e "s|libhidapi|$hidapi/libhidapi|" src/hhd/controller/lib/hid.py
+
+    # The generated udev rules point to /bin/chmod, which does not exist in NixOS
+    chmod=${toybox}/bin/chmod
+    sed -i -e "s|/bin/chmod|$chmod|" src/hhd/controller/lib/hide.py
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''