diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/linux_name.cmake b/cmake/developer_package/linux_name.cmake
index 3e8c775770..2d5e00fb8b 100644
--- a/cmake/developer_package/linux_name.cmake
+++ b/cmake/developer_package/linux_name.cmake
@@ -6,25 +6,7 @@ include(target_flags)
 
 if(LINUX)
     function(get_linux_name res_var)
-        if(EXISTS "/etc/lsb-release")
-            # linux version detection using cat /etc/lsb-release
-            file(READ "/etc/lsb-release" release_data)
-            set(name_regex "DISTRIB_ID=([^ \n]*)\n")
-            set(version_regex "DISTRIB_RELEASE=([0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?)")
-        else()
-            execute_process(COMMAND find -L /etc/ -maxdepth 1 -type f -name *-release -exec cat {} \;
-                            OUTPUT_VARIABLE release_data
-                            RESULT_VARIABLE result)
-            string(REPLACE "Red Hat" "CentOS" release_data "${release_data}")
-            set(name_regex "NAME=\"([^ \"\n]*).*\"\n")
-            set(version_regex "VERSION=\"([0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?)[^\n]*\"")
-        endif()
-
-        string(REGEX MATCH ${name_regex} name ${release_data})
-        set(os_name ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
-
-        string(REGEX MATCH ${version_regex} version ${release_data})
-        set(os_name "${os_name} ${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+        set(os_name "NixOS @version@")
 
         if(os_name)
             set(${res_var} ${os_name} PARENT_SCOPE)