diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/python-imports-check-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/python-imports-check-hook.sh
index d7c3ccbd63657..cb04c5f50a346 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/python-imports-check-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/hooks/python-imports-check-hook.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pythonImportsCheckPhase() {
             pythonImportsCheckOutput="$python"
         fi
         export PYTHONPATH="$pythonImportsCheckOutput/@pythonSitePackages@:$PYTHONPATH"
-        (cd "$pythonImportsCheckOutput" && PYTHON_IMPORTS_CHECK="${pythonImportsCheck[*]}" @pythonCheckInterpreter@ -c 'import os; import importlib; list(map(lambda mod: importlib.import_module(mod), os.environ["PYTHON_IMPORTS_CHECK"].split()))')
+        (cd "$pythonImportsCheckOutput" && @pythonCheckInterpreter@ -c 'import sys; import importlib; list(map(lambda mod: importlib.import_module(mod), sys.argv[1:]))' ${pythonImportsCheck[*]})
     fi
 }