diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/plan9port/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/system/plan9port/builder.sh
index f5c447ea0a53..7750de700617 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/plan9port/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/plan9port/builder.sh
@@ -5,18 +5,11 @@ export PLAN9_TARGET=$PLAN9
 
 plan9portLinkFlags()
 {
-    local -a linkFlags=()
     eval set -- "$NIX_LDFLAGS"
-    while (( $# > 0 )); do
-        if [[ $1 = -rpath ]]; then
-            linkFlags+=( "-Wl,-rpath,$2" )
-            shift 2
-        else
-            linkFlags+=( "$1" )
-            shift
-        fi
+    local flag
+    for flag in "$@"; do
+        printf ' -Wl,%s' "$flag"
     done
-    echo "${linkFlags[*]}"
 }
 
 configurePhase()