diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
index 5a7d953a0695..739992e6bc0b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/k3s/default.nix
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ let
   # with generated bindata yet.
   k3sBuildStage1 = buildGoPackage rec {
     name = "k3s-build-1";
-    version = "${k3sVersion}";
+    version = k3sVersion;
 
     goPackagePath = "github.com/rancher/k3s";
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ let
   };
   k3sBin = buildGoPackage rec {
     name = "k3s-bin";
-    version = "${k3sVersion}";
+    version = k3sVersion;
 
     goPackagePath = "github.com/rancher/k3s";