diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox-bin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox-bin/default.nix
index 2d9692c0528e..6f1875b907cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox-bin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox-bin/default.nix
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 , gnugrep
 , gnupg
 , ffmpeg
+, runtimeShell
 }:
 
 let
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   # update with:
   # $ nix-shell maintainers/scripts/update.nix --argstr package firefox-bin-unwrapped
   passthru.updateScript = import ./update.nix {
-    inherit stdenv name channel writeScript xidel coreutils gnused gnugrep gnupg curl;
+    inherit stdenv name channel writeScript xidel coreutils gnused gnugrep gnupg curl runtimeShell;
     baseUrl =
       if channel == "devedition"
         then "http://archive.mozilla.org/pub/devedition/releases/"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin/default.nix
index ed798ee92331..4ba750e9423d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin/default.nix
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 , gnused
 , gnugrep
 , gnupg
+, runtimeShell
 }:
 
 # imports `version` and `sources`
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     '';
 
   passthru.updateScript = import ./../../browsers/firefox-bin/update.nix {
-    inherit name stdenv writeScript xidel coreutils gnused gnugrep curl gnupg;
+    inherit name stdenv writeScript xidel coreutils gnused gnugrep curl gnupg runtimeShell;
     baseName = "thunderbird";
     channel = "release";
     basePath = "pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-bin";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
index 99a76d434b8a..b331e7f188ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 , hunspell, libevent, libstartup_notification
 , icu, libpng, jemalloc
 , autoconf213, which, m4
-, writeScript, xidel, common-updater-scripts, coreutils, gnused, gnugrep, curl
+, writeScript, xidel, common-updater-scripts, coreutils, gnused, gnugrep, curl, runtimeShell
 , cargo, rustc, llvmPackages
 , enableGTK3 ? false, gtk3, gnome3, wrapGAppsHook, makeWrapper
 , enableCalendar ? true
@@ -193,6 +193,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   passthru.updateScript = import ./../../browsers/firefox/update.nix {
     attrPath = "thunderbird";
     baseUrl = "http://archive.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/";
-    inherit stdenv writeScript lib common-updater-scripts xidel coreutils gnused gnugrep curl;
+    inherit stdenv writeScript lib common-updater-scripts xidel coreutils gnused gnugrep curl runtimeShell;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
index 8ff02dfe7180..0cd80b6cae33 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, python2, zlib, libuv, utillinux, http-parser
 , pkgconfig, which
 # Updater dependencies
-, writeScript, coreutils, gnugrep, jq, curl, common-updater-scripts, nix
+, writeScript, coreutils, gnugrep, jq, curl, common-updater-scripts, nix, runtimeShell
 , gnupg
 , darwin, xcbuild
 , procps
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ in
     '';
 
     passthru.updateScript = import ./update.nix {
-      inherit stdenv writeScript coreutils gnugrep jq curl common-updater-scripts gnupg nix;
+      inherit stdenv writeScript coreutils gnugrep jq curl common-updater-scripts gnupg nix runtimeShell;
       inherit (stdenv) lib;
       inherit majorVersion;
     };