diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-loader/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-loader/default.nix
index 4bc64203051747..74648f8b3b6707 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-loader/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/vulkan-loader/default.nix
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     cp -d loader/libvulkan.so* $out/lib
     cp demos/vulkaninfo $out/bin
     mkdir -p $out/lib $out/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d
-    cp -d layers/*.so $out/lib/
-    cp -d layers/*.json $out/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d/
+    cp -L layers/*.so $out/lib/
+    cp -L layers/*.json $out/share/vulkan/explicit_layer.d/
     sed -i "s:\\./lib:$out/lib/lib:g" "$out/share/vulkan/"*/*.json
     mkdir -p $dev/include
     cp -rv ../include $dev/