diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/asciidoc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/asciidoc/default.nix
index 375e1fad6a37..373abac7e7a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/asciidoc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/asciidoc/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       sed -e 's,^#!/usr/bin/env python,#!${python}/bin/python,g' \
       > ,,tmp && mv ,,tmp asciidoc.py && chmod +x asciidoc.py
     cat "a2x" | \
-      sed -e 's,^#!/usr/bin/env bash,#!${stdenv.bash}/bin/bash,g' \
+      sed -e 's,^#!/usr/bin/env bash,#!${stdenv.shell},g' \
       > ,,tmp && mv ,,tmp a2x && chmod +x a2x
 
     cat "install.sh" | \