diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88c76c276e..bd0e04061c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -109,10 +109,6 @@ key = "veloren-nix.cachix.org-1:zokfKJqVsNV6kI/oJdLF6TYBdNPYGSb+diMVQPn/5Rc="
 buildInputs = ["openssl"]
 nativeBuildInputs = ["pkg-config"]
 
-[workspace.metadata.nix.crateOverride.shaderc-sys]
-buildInputs = ["shaderc"]
-nativeBuildInputs = ["cmake", "python3", "gnumake"]
-
 [patch.crates-io]
 # macos CI fix isn't released yet
 winit = { git = "https://gitlab.com/veloren/winit.git", branch = "macos-test-spiffed" }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a34463137d..9a7353e892 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
               # veloren-world = oldAttrs: {
               #   crateBin = lib.filter (bin: bin.name != "chunk_compression_benchmarks") oldAttrs.crateBin;
               # };
+              shaderc-sys = _:
+                let SHADERC_LIB_DIR = "${common.pkgs.shaderc.lib}/lib"; in
+                {
+                  inherit SHADERC_LIB_DIR;
+                  propagatedEnv = { inherit SHADERC_LIB_DIR; };
+                };
               veloren-client = oldAttrs: {
                 crateBin = lib.filter (bin: bin.name != "bot") oldAttrs.crateBin;
               };