diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ar/arrow-cpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ar/arrow-cpp/package.nix
index 453b068adde16..7bf375d00994b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ar/arrow-cpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ar/arrow-cpp/package.nix
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   preConfigure = ''
     patchShebangs build-support/
     substituteInPlace "src/arrow/vendored/datetime/tz.cpp" \
-      --replace 'discover_tz_dir();' '"${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo";'
+      --replace-fail 'discover_tz_dir();' '"${tzdata}/share/zoneinfo";'
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags =