diff --git a/nginx.conf b/nginx.conf
index cb84b9b..ef81f19 100644
--- a/nginx.conf
+++ b/nginx.conf
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ events {
 }
 
 http {
-    include    $!{nginx}/conf/mime.types;
+    include    ${NIXPACKS_NGINX_ROOT}/conf/mime.types;
     index    index.html index.htm index.php;
 
     default_type application/octet-stream;
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ http {
 
         add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
         add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";
- 
+
         index index.php;
- 
+
         charset utf-8;
 
         # Static files for root directory
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@ http {
         }
 
         # Handle PHP files
-        
+
         location ~ \.php$ {
             fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
             fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
-            include $!{nginx}/conf/fastcgi_params;
-            include $!{nginx}/conf/fastcgi.conf;
+            include ${NIXPACKS_NGINX_ROOT}/conf/fastcgi_params;
+            include ${NIXPACKS_NGINX_ROOT}/conf/fastcgi.conf;
         }
 
         # Gzip compression