diff --git a/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix b/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
index ac5f8bff..45a09a60 100644
--- a/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ let
   runtimeScriptEscaped = replaceStrings ["\""] ["\\\""] runtimeScript;
 
   nixPortable = pkgs.runCommand pname {
-    nativeBuildInputs = [unixtools.xxd unzip];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [unixtools.xxd unzip pkgs.zip];
 
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://github.com/DavHau/nix-portable";
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ let
 
     unzip -vl $out/bin/nix-portable.zip
 
-    zip="${zip}/bin/zip -0"
+    zip="zip -0"
     $zip $out/bin/nix-portable.zip ${bwrap}/bin/bwrap
     $zip $out/bin/nix-portable.zip ${nixStatic}/bin/nix
     $zip $out/bin/nix-portable.zip ${zstd}/bin/zstd
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ let
     fp=$(sha256sum $out/bin/nix-portable.zip | cut -d " "  -f 1)
     sed -i "s/_FINGERPRINT_PLACEHOLDER_/$fp/g" $out/bin/nix-portable.zip
     # fix broken zip header due to manual modification
-    ${zip}/bin/zip -F $out/bin/nix-portable.zip --out $out/bin/nix-portable-fixed.zip
+    zip -F $out/bin/nix-portable.zip --out $out/bin/nix-portable-fixed.zip
 
     rm $out/bin/nix-portable.zip
     executable=${if bundledPackage == null then "" else bundledExe}