diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
index 57d12b38dcdc..c982f6db485b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 , nasm
 , nodejs
 , nspr
-, nss
+, nss_3_53
 , pango
 , perl
 , pkgconfig
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libvpx
     libwebp
     nspr
-    nss
+    nss_3_53
     pango
     perl
     sqlite
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE =[
     "-I${glib.dev}/include/gio-unix-2.0"
-    "-I${nss.dev}/include/nss"
+    "-I${nss_3_53.dev}/include/nss"
   ];
 
   patches = [