diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index ef81f19..d1f1416 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ events {
 }
 
 http {
-    include    ${NIXPACKS_NGINX_ROOT}/conf/mime.types;
+    include    /etc/nginx/mime.types;
     index    index.html index.htm index.php;
 
     default_type application/octet-stream;
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ http {
         location ~ \.php$ {
             fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
             fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
-            include ${NIXPACKS_NGINX_ROOT}/conf/fastcgi_params;
-            include ${NIXPACKS_NGINX_ROOT}/conf/fastcgi.conf;
+            include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
+            include /etc/nginx/fastcgi.conf;
         }
 
         # Gzip compression