diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
index 788e3f4a2ab1..4c2d130d5a5d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
@@ -217,13 +217,11 @@ let
             --replace ata_id ${extraUtils}/bin/ata_id \
             --replace scsi_id ${extraUtils}/bin/scsi_id \
             --replace cdrom_id ${extraUtils}/bin/cdrom_id \
-            --replace ${pkgs.utillinux}/sbin/blkid ${extraUtils}/bin/blkid \
-            --replace /sbin/blkid ${extraUtils}/bin/blkid \
+            --replace ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/basename ${extraUtils}/bin/basename \
+            --replace ${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/blkid ${extraUtils}/bin/blkid \
             --replace ${pkgs.lvm2}/sbin ${extraUtils}/bin \
-            --replace /sbin/mdadm ${extraUtils}/bin/mdadm \
+            --replace ${pkgs.mdadm}/sbin ${extraUtils}/sbin \
             --replace ${pkgs.bash}/bin/sh ${extraUtils}/bin/sh \
-            --replace /usr/bin/readlink ${extraUtils}/bin/readlink \
-            --replace /usr/bin/basename ${extraUtils}/bin/basename \
             --replace ${udev}/bin/udevadm ${extraUtils}/bin/udevadm
       done