4 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix
index e0bbae69c4f..3deaf28373d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib-networking/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  PKG_CONFIG_GIO_2_0_GIOMODULEDIR = "lib/gio/modules";
+  PKG_CONFIG_GIO_2_0_GIOMODULEDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/gio/modules";
 
   postPatch = ''
     chmod +x meson_post_install.py # patchShebangs requires executable file
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gvfs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gvfs/default.nix
index 86cbd01a602..360c1fb41f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gvfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gvfs/default.nix
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   # Uncomment when switching back to meson
   # mesonFlags = [
-  #   "-Dgio_module_dir=lib/gio/modules"
-  #   "-Dsystemduserunitdir=lib/systemd/user"
-  #   "-Ddbus_service_dir=share/dbus-1/services"
+  #   "-Dgio_module_dir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/gio/modules"
+  #   "-Dsystemduserunitdir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/systemd/user"
+  #   "-Ddbus_service_dir=${placeholder "out"}/share/dbus-1/services"
   #   "-Dtmpfilesdir=no"
   # ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (!gnomeSupport) [
   #   "-Dgcr=false" "-Dgoa=false" "-Dkeyring=false" "-Dhttp=false"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwnck/3.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwnck/3.x.nix
index 8efd908584e..f2d05d14d69 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libwnck/3.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libwnck/3.x.nix
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec{
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig intltool gobjectIntrospection ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ libX11 gtk3 ];
 
-  PKG_CONFIG_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_1_0_GIRDIR = "$(dev)/share/gir-1.0";
-  PKG_CONFIG_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_1_0_TYPELIBDIR = "$(out)/lib/girepository-1.0";
+  PKG_CONFIG_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_1_0_GIRDIR = "${placeholder "dev"}/share/gir-1.0";
+  PKG_CONFIG_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_1_0_TYPELIBDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/lib/girepository-1.0";
 
   passthru = {
     updateScript = gnome3.updateScript {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/spice-gtk/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/spice-gtk/default.nix
index f4f10978ec1..f5258c1cd6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/spice-gtk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/spice-gtk/default.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig gettext libsoup autoreconfHook vala gobjectIntrospection ];
 
-  PKG_CONFIG_POLKIT_GOBJECT_1_POLICYDIR = "$(out)/share/polkit-1/actions";
+  PKG_CONFIG_POLKIT_GOBJECT_1_POLICYDIR = "${placeholder "out"}/share/polkit-1/actions";
 
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-gtk3"