diff --git a/pkgs/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/all-packages.nix
index 950bb0f..0436503 100644
--- a/pkgs/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/all-packages.nix
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ self: super: pkgs: with pkgs; {
 
   idba = callPackage ./idba.nix { };
 
-  nixStable = super.nixStable.overrideAttrs
+  nixStable = ( super.nixStable.override { confDir= "/nix/etc"; } ).overrideAttrs
     ( attrs: { patches = attrs.patches or [] ++ [ ./nix/remote.patch ./nix/cvmfs.patch ]; } );
-  nix = super.nix.overrideAttrs
+  nix = ( super.nix.override { confDir = "/nix/etc"; } ).overrideAttrs
     ( attrs: { patches = attrs.patches or [] ++ [ ./nix/remote.patch ./nix/cvmfs.patch ]; } );
 }