diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/runtime-wrapped.nix b/pkgs/games/steam/runtime-wrapped.nix
index 3b6cfcd6ee12..648e012d3fe5 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/steam/runtime-wrapped.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/steam/runtime-wrapped.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ let
 
   gnuArch = if steamArch == "amd64" then "x86_64-linux-gnu"
             else if steamArch == "i386" then "i386-linux-gnu"
-            else abort "Unsupported architecture";
+            else throw "Unsupported architecture";
 
   libs = [ "lib/${gnuArch}" "lib" "usr/lib/${gnuArch}" "usr/lib" ];
   bins = [ "bin" "usr/bin" ];