diff --git a/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix b/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
index e2a996ee..bf45976a 100644
--- a/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/nix-portable/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ with builtins;
   buildPackages,
   upx,
 
-  busybox,
+  # busybox,
   cacert ? pkgs.cacert,
   compression ? "zstd -19 -T0",
   gnutar ? pkgs.pkgsStatic.gnutar,
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ let
   caBundleZstd = pkgs.runCommand "cacerts" {} "cat ${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt | ${inp.zstd}/bin/zstd -19 > $out";
 
   bwrap = packStaticBin "${inp.bubblewrap}/bin/bwrap";
+  busybox = pkgs.pkgsStatic.busybox;
   nixStatic = packStaticBin "${inp.nixStatic}/bin/nix";
   proot = packStaticBin "${inp.proot}/bin/proot";
   zstd = packStaticBin "${inp.zstd}/bin/zstd";
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ let
       (base64 -d> "\$dir/busybox/bin/busybox" && chmod +x "\$dir/busybox/bin/busybox") << END
     $(cat ${busybox}/bin/busybox | base64)
     END
-      busyBins="${toString (attrNames (filterAttrs (d: type: type == "symlink") (readDir "${inp.busybox}/bin")))}"
+      busyBins="${toString (attrNames (filterAttrs (d: type: type == "symlink") (readDir "${busybox}/bin")))}"
       for bin in \$busyBins; do
         [ ! -e "\$dir/busybox/bin/\$bin" ] && ln -s busybox "\$dir/busybox/bin/\$bin"
       done