diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/osquery/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/osquery/default.nix
index 2a719efd79b3..b88186a610bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/osquery/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/osquery/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # this is what `osquery --help` will show as the version.
   OSQUERY_BUILD_VERSION = version;
-  OSQUERY_PLATFORM = "nixos;${builtins.readFile "${toString path}/.version"}";
+  OSQUERY_PLATFORM = "nixos;${stdenv.lib.nixpkgsVersion}";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "facebook";