diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/panamax/api/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/panamax/api/default.nix
index 6cbec878a484..dae0315a31b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/panamax/api/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/panamax/api/default.nix
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --prefix "PATH" : "$out/share/panamax-api/bin:${env.ruby}/bin:$PATH" \
       --prefix "HOME" : "$out/share/panamax-api" \
       --prefix "GEM_HOME" : "${env}/${env.ruby.gemPath}" \
-      --prefix "OPENSSL_X509_CERT_FILE" : "${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt" \
-      --prefix "SSL_CERT_FILE" : "${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt" \
+      --prefix "OPENSSL_X509_CERT_FILE" : "${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt" \
+      --prefix "SSL_CERT_FILE" : "${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt" \
       --prefix "GEM_PATH" : "$out/share/panamax-api:${bundler}/${env.ruby.gemPath}"
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/fuze/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/fuze/default.nix
index bc9246d8845c..77fe37481d87 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/fuze/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/fuze/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ assert stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux";
 let
   curl_custom =
     stdenv.lib.overrideDerivation curl (args: { 
-      configureFlags = args.configureFlags ++ ["--with-ca-bundle=${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt"] ; 
+      configureFlags = args.configureFlags ++ ["--with-ca-bundle=${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt"] ; 
     } );
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
index d5cc3fb7718f..bbad15879820 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/irc/weechat/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       cacert cmake ]
     ++ extraBuildInputs;
 
-  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${python}/include/${python.libPrefix} -DCA_FILE=${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-I${python}/include/${python.libPrefix} -DCA_FILE=${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt";
 
   postInstall = ''
     NIX_PYTHONPATH="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/bazaar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/bazaar/default.nix
index 648d59ac01c2..ad6f0c50a379 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/bazaar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/bazaar/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1c6sj77h5f97qimjc14kr532kgc0jk3wq778xrkqi0pbh9qpk509";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.wrapPython cacert ];
+  buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.python pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
 
   # Readline support is needed by bzrtools.
   pythonPath = [ pythonPackages.readline ];
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = [ ./add_certificates.patch ];
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace bzrlib/transport/http/_urllib2_wrappers.py \
-      --subst-var-by "certPath" "${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt"
+      --subst-var-by "certPath" "${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt"
   '';
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
index e5ad7200cecf..7259fa8ff4c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/default.nix
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   inherit url rev leaveDotGit fetchSubmodules deepClone branchName;
 
-  GIT_SSL_CAINFO = "${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt";
+  GIT_SSL_CAINFO = "${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt";
 
   impureEnvVars = [
     # We borrow these environment variables from the caller to allow
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetchcargo.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetchcargo.nix
index 575df64c6b29..1f5166d5c434 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetchcargo.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/fetchcargo.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   outputHashMode = "recursive";
   outputHash = sha256;
 
-  SSL_CERT_FILE = "${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt";
+  SSL_CERT_FILE = "${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt";
 
   impureEnvVars = [ "http_proxy" "https_proxy" "ftp_proxy" "all_proxy" "no_proxy" ];
   preferLocalBuild = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gnome-keyring/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gnome-keyring/default.nix
index aacc62a30a9c..7afa2800105f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gnome-keyring/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.16/core/gnome-keyring/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, dbus, libgcrypt, libtasn1, pam, python, glib, libxslt
 , intltool, pango, gcr, gdk_pixbuf, atk, p11_kit, makeWrapper
-, docbook_xsl_ns, docbook_xsl, gnome3 }:
+, docbook_xsl_ns, docbook_xsl, gnome3, cacert }:
 
 let
   majVer = gnome3.version;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool docbook_xsl_ns docbook_xsl ];
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--with-ca-certificates=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt" # NixOS hardcoded path
+    "--with-ca-certificates=${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt" # NixOS hardcoded path
     "--with-pkcs11-config=$$out/etc/pkcs11/" # installation directories
     "--with-pkcs11-modules=$$out/lib/pkcs11/"
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/default.nix
index 5e008821d950..fe7ec5851557 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/icedtea/default.nix
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ let
       # Generate certificates.
       pushd $jre/lib/icedtea/jre/lib/security
       rm cacerts
-      perl ${./generate-cacerts.pl} $jre/lib/icedtea/jre/bin/keytool ${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt
+      perl ${./generate-cacerts.pl} $jre/lib/icedtea/jre/bin/keytool ${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt
       popd
 
       ln -s $out/lib/icedtea/bin $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/default.nix
index ec095bb4efa3..d0ca85af0e0e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/default.nix
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ let
       # Generate certificates.
       pushd $jre/lib/openjdk/jre/lib/security
       rm cacerts
-      perl ${./generate-cacerts.pl} $jre/lib/openjdk/jre/bin/keytool ${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt
+      perl ${./generate-cacerts.pl} $jre/lib/openjdk/jre/bin/keytool ${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt
       popd
 
       ln -s $out/lib/openjdk/bin $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjdk8.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjdk8.nix
index 63d42e6e3d64..b0dae2512a5b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjdk8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/openjdk/openjdk8.nix
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ let
     # Generate certificates.
     pushd $jre/lib/openjdk/jre/lib/security
     rm cacerts
-    perl ${./generate-cacerts.pl} $jre/lib/openjdk/jre/bin/keytool ${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt
+    perl ${./generate-cacerts.pl} $jre/lib/openjdk/jre/bin/keytool ${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt
     popd
 
     ln -s $out/lib/openjdk/bin $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/elixir/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/elixir/default.nix
index 1166c7075c85..9d12d42cee88 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/elixir/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/elixir/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       if [ $b == "mix" ]; then continue; fi
       wrapProgram $f \
       --prefix PATH ":" "${erlang}/bin:${coreutils}/bin:${curl}/bin:${bash}/bin" \
-      --set CURL_CA_BUNDLE "${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt"
+      --set CURL_CA_BUNDLE "${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt"
     done
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix
index 91c08419e706..910a082b88a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/lisp-packages.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
       url = "https://common-lisp.net/project/iterate/darcs/iterate";
       sha256 = "0gm05s3laiivsqgqjfj1rkz83c2c0jyn4msfgbv6sz42znjpam25";
       context = ./iterate.darcs-context;
-    }) (x: {SSL_CERT_FILE=pkgs.cacert + "/etc/ca-bundle.crt";}));
+    }) (x: {SSL_CERT_FILE=pkgs.cacert + "/ca-bundle.crt";}));
     overrides = x: {
       configurePhase="buildPhase(){ true; }";
     };
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ let lispPackages = rec {
     src = (pkgs.lib.overrideDerivation (pkgs.fetchdarcs {
       url = ''http://common-lisp.net/project/trivial-utf-8/darcs/trivial-utf-8/'';
       sha256 = "1jz27gz8gvqdmvp3k9bxschs6d5b3qgk94qp2bj6nv1d0jc3m1l1";
-    }) (x: {SSL_CERT_FILE=pkgs.cacert + "/etc/ca-bundle.crt";}));
+    }) (x: {SSL_CERT_FILE=pkgs.cacert + "/ca-bundle.crt";}));
   };
 
   cl-fuse-meta-fs = buildLispPackage rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix
index 3167f7ffc225..df972a4287bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/aria2/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ cacert ];
 
-  configureFlags = [ "--with-ca-bundle=${cacert}/etc/ca-bundle.crt" ];
+  configureFlags = [ "--with-ca-bundle=${cacert}/ca-bundle.crt" ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://aria2.sourceforge.net/;