diff --git a/nix/apache-kafka.nix b/nix/apache-kafka.nix
index a8baab28..b6c360c9 100644
--- a/nix/apache-kafka.nix
+++ b/nix/apache-kafka.nix
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ with lib;
               };
             in
             {
-              command = "${startScript}/bin/start-kafka";
+              command = startScript;
 
               readiness_probe = {
                 # TODO: need to find a better way to check if kafka is ready. Maybe use one of the scripts in bin?
diff --git a/nix/clickhouse/default.nix b/nix/clickhouse/default.nix
index cc5f941a..3bd76146 100644
--- a/nix/clickhouse/default.nix
+++ b/nix/clickhouse/default.nix
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ in
                 };
               in
               {
-                command = "${lib.getExe startScript}";
+                command = startScript;
 
                 readiness_probe = {
                   # FIXME: revert back to clickhouse-client readiness_probe once CI is moved out of github public runners
diff --git a/nix/elasticsearch.nix b/nix/elasticsearch.nix
index 4e7b4680..ad4f45f8 100644
--- a/nix/elasticsearch.nix
+++ b/nix/elasticsearch.nix
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ in
 
           in
           {
-            command = "${startScript}";
+            command = startScript;
 
             readiness_probe = {
               exec.command = "${pkgs.curl}/bin/curl -f -k http://${config.listenAddress}:${toString config.port}";
diff --git a/nix/mysql/default.nix b/nix/mysql/default.nix
index 1201c5ae..72e9aa88 100644
--- a/nix/mysql/default.nix
+++ b/nix/mysql/default.nix
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ in
           {
             "${name}" =
               {
-                command = "${startScript}/bin/start-mysql";
+                command = startScript;
 
                 readiness_probe = {
                   # Turns out using `--defaults-file` alone doesn't make the readiness_probe work unless `MYSQL_UNIX_PORT` is set.
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ in
                 availability.restart = "on_failure";
               };
             "${name}-configure" = {
-              command = "${configureScript}/bin/configure-mysql";
+              command = configureScript;
               namespace = name;
               depends_on."${name}".condition = "process_healthy";
             };
diff --git a/nix/nginx.nix b/nix/nginx.nix
index 3afdb5a4..9899826a 100644
--- a/nix/nginx.nix
+++ b/nix/nginx.nix
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ in
         in
         {
           processes."${name}" = {
-            command = "${startScript}/bin/start-nginx";
+            command = startScript;
             readiness_probe = {
               # FIXME need a better health check
               exec.command = "[ -e ${config.dataDir}/nginx/nginx.pid ]";
diff --git a/nix/prometheus.nix b/nix/prometheus.nix
index 4a904ab9..a4881520 100644
--- a/nix/prometheus.nix
+++ b/nix/prometheus.nix
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ in
               };
             in
             {
-              command = "${startScript}/bin/start-prometheus";
+              command = startScript;
               readiness_probe = {
                 http_get = {
                   host = config.listenAddress;
diff --git a/nix/redis-cluster.nix b/nix/redis-cluster.nix
index 7f997e9d..6fbc39a5 100644
--- a/nix/redis-cluster.nix
+++ b/nix/redis-cluster.nix
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ in
               };
             in
             lib.nameValuePair "${name}-${nodeName}" {
-              command = "${startScript}/bin/start-redis";
+              command = startScript;
               shutdown.command = "${config.package}/bin/redis-cli -p ${port} shutdown nosave";
 
               readiness_probe = {
diff --git a/nix/zookeeper.nix b/nix/zookeeper.nix
index e5d65d35..d75344fc 100644
--- a/nix/zookeeper.nix
+++ b/nix/zookeeper.nix
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ with lib;
               };
             in
             {
-              command = "${startScript}/bin/start-zookeeper";
+              command = startScript;
 
               readiness_probe = {
                 exec.command = "echo stat | ${pkgs.netcat.nc}/bin/nc localhost ${toString config.port}";