diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
index ea764ef22e6e..a9c08e1c5b73 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/nodejs.nix
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ in
     '';
 
     passthru.updateScript = import ./update.nix {
-      inherit writeScript coreutils gnugrep jq curl common-updater-scripts gnupg nix;
+      inherit stdenv writeScript coreutils gnugrep jq curl common-updater-scripts gnupg nix;
       inherit (stdenv) lib;
       majorVersion = with stdenv.lib; elemAt (splitString "." version) 0;
     };