diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/kernel/modules-closure.sh b/pkgs/build-support/kernel/modules-closure.sh
index 71d507b1e2b..8a31c760da0 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/kernel/modules-closure.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/kernel/modules-closure.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-set -o pipefail
-
 version=$(cd $kernel/lib/modules && ls -d *)
 
 echo "kernel version is $version"