diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/hipchat/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/hipchat/default.nix
index 4e116e685c60..4d4b32453a4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/hipchat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/instant-messengers/hipchat/default.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       --replace /opt/HipChat4/bin/HipChat4 $out/bin/hipchat
 
     makeWrapper $d/HipChat.bin $out/bin/hipchat \
-      --set HIPCHAT_LD_LIBRARY_PATH '"$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"' \
-      --set HIPCHAT_QT_PLUGIN_PATH '"$QT_PLUGIN_PATH"' \
+      --run 'export HIPCHAT_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH' \
+      --run 'export HIPCHAT_QT_PLUGIN_PATH=$QT_PLUGIN_PATH' \
       --set QT_XKB_CONFIG_ROOT ${xkeyboard_config}/share/X11/xkb \
       --set QTWEBENGINEPROCESS_PATH $d/QtWebEngineProcess
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/qtile/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/qtile/default.nix
index 8f4d4858ca11..3415bda90816 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/window-managers/qtile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/window-managers/qtile/default.nix
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ python27Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/qtile \
-      --set QTILE_WRAPPER '$0' \
-      --set QTILE_SAVED_PYTHONPATH '$PYTHONPATH' \
-      --set QTILE_SAVED_PATH '$PATH'
+      --run "export QTILE_WRAPPER=$0" \
+      --run "export QTILE_SAVED_PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH" \
+      --run "export QTILE_SAVED_PATH=$PATH"
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/eggDerivation.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/eggDerivation.nix
index 97ce9d9be79b..58247e5aeb53 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/eggDerivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/chicken/eggDerivation.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       wrapProgram $f \
         --set CHICKEN_REPOSITORY $CHICKEN_REPOSITORY \
         --prefix CHICKEN_REPOSITORY_EXTRA : "$out/lib/chicken/${toString chicken.binaryVersion}/:$CHICKEN_REPOSITORY_EXTRA" \
-        --prefix CHICKEN_INCLUDE_PATH \; \"$CHICKEN_INCLUDE_PATH\;$out/share/\" \
+        --prefix CHICKEN_INCLUDE_PATH \; "$CHICKEN_INCLUDE_PATH;$out/share/" \
         --prefix PATH : "$out/bin:${chicken}/bin:$CHICKEN_REPOSITORY_EXTRA:$CHICKEN_REPOSITORY"
     done
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/redo-sh/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/redo-sh/default.nix
index f81ff3b91d4f..c888627cfce3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/redo-sh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/redo-sh/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mv man "$out/share"
     mv bin "$out"
     for p in $out/bin/*; do
-      wrapProgram "$p" --set PATH '$PATH:'"$out/bin"
+      wrapProgram "$p" --suffix PATH : "$out/bin"
     done
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/mudlet/default.nix b/pkgs/games/mudlet/default.nix
index 078075931dae..673efb0e118d 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/mudlet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/mudlet/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp -r mudlet-lua $out
 
     makeWrapper $out/mudlet $out/bin/mudlet \
-      --set LUA_CPATH "\"${luaFileSystemPath};${luaZipPath};${lrexlibPath};${luasqlitePath}\"" \
+      --set LUA_CPATH "${luaFileSystemPath};${luaZipPath};${lrexlibPath};${luasqlitePath}" \
       --run "cd $out";
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/oracle-xe/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/oracle-xe/default.nix
index e86406cd469c..9068ca70cc6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/oracle-xe/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/oracle-xe/default.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       makeWrapper "$i" "$out/bin/''${i##*/}" \
         --set ORACLE_HOME "$out/libexec/oracle" \
         --set ORACLE_SID XE \
-        --set NLS_LANG '$("'"$out"'/libexec/oracle/bin/nls_lang.sh")' \
+        --run "export NLS_LANG=\$($out/libexec/oracle/bin/nls_lang.sh)" \
         --prefix PATH : "$out/libexec/oracle/bin"
     done
   '';