diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix
index a8a2c2242fd5..10449a331f93 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, makeWrapper, openssl, curl
-, nix, Security
+{ lib, stdenv, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, openssl, curl
+, Security
 }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
 
   cargoSha256 = "161lz96a52s53rhhkxxhcg41bsmh8w6rv6nl8gwqmg3biszy7hah";
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config makeWrapper ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
   buildInputs = [ openssl curl ]
     ++ lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin Security;
 
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@ rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
     cp ./command-not-found.sh $out/etc/profile.d/command-not-found.sh
     substituteInPlace $out/etc/profile.d/command-not-found.sh \
       --replace "@out@" "$out"
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/nix-index \
-      --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ nix ]}"
   '';
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A files database for nixpkgs";
     homepage = "https://github.com/bennofs/nix-index";
     license = with licenses; [ bsd3 ];
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.bennofs ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ bennofs ncfavier ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/wrapper.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f2608fc7253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix-index/wrapper.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ lib, symlinkJoin, nix-index-unwrapped, makeWrapper, nix }:
+
+if nix == null then nix-index-unwrapped else
+symlinkJoin {
+  inherit (nix-index-unwrapped) name;
+
+  paths = [ nix-index-unwrapped ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
+
+  postBuild = ''
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/nix-index \
+      --prefix PATH : ${lib.makeBinPath [ nix ]}
+  '';
+
+  meta = nix-index-unwrapped.meta // {
+    hydraPlatforms = [];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2f755cf842c3..4a7d3d84f166 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -31763,9 +31763,10 @@ with pkgs;
   nix-info = callPackage ../tools/nix/info { };
   nix-info-tested = nix-info.override { doCheck = true; };
 
-  nix-index = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix-index {
+  nix-index-unwrapped = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix-index {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) Security;
   };
+  nix-index = callPackage ../tools/package-management/nix-index/wrapper.nix { };
 
   nix-linter = haskell.lib.justStaticExecutables (haskellPackages.nix-linter);