diff --git a/doc/doc-support/package.nix b/doc/doc-support/package.nix
index f1d9996120ceea..172b64d07e54e1 100644
--- a/doc/doc-support/package.nix
+++ b/doc/doc-support/package.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
   mkShellNoCC,
   documentation-highlighter,
   nixos-render-docs,
+  nixos-render-docs-redirects,
   nixpkgs ? { },
 }:
 
@@ -105,8 +106,16 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (
             buildArgs = "./.";
             open = "/share/doc/nixpkgs/manual.html";
           };
+          nixos-render-docs-redirects' = nixos-render-docs-redirects.override {
+            redirectsFile = ../redirects.json;
+          };
         in
-        mkShellNoCC { packages = [ devmode' ]; };
+        mkShellNoCC {
+          packages = [
+            devmode'
+            nixos-render-docs-redirects'
+          ];
+        };
 
       tests.manpage-urls = callPackage ../tests/manpage-urls.nix { };
     };
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/shell.nix b/nixos/doc/manual/shell.nix
index aeec93118fc01e..c006a20e524044 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/shell.nix
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/shell.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ let
     buildArgs = "../../release.nix -A manualHTML.${builtins.currentSystem}";
     open = "/${outputPath}/${indexPath}";
   };
+  nixos-render-docs-redirects = pkgs.nixos-render-docs-redirects.override {
+    redirectsFile = ./redirects.json;
+  };
 in
 pkgs.mkShellNoCC {
-  packages = [ devmode ];
+  packages = [
+    devmode
+    nixos-render-docs-redirects
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-render-docs-redirects/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-render-docs-redirects/package.nix
index a473fd1533ca5d..96855b2b1bbd01 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-render-docs-redirects/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-render-docs-redirects/package.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-{ lib, python3 }:
+{
+  lib,
+  python3,
+  redirectsFile ? ./.,
+}:
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
   pname = "nixos-render-docs-redirects";
@@ -7,6 +11,11 @@ python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication {
 
   src = ./src;
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace nixos_render_docs_redirects/__init__.py \
+      --replace-fail "@redirects_file@" "${toString redirectsFile}"
+  '';
+
   build-system = with python3.pkgs; [ setuptools ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = with python3.pkgs; [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-render-docs-redirects/src/nixos_render_docs_redirects/__init__.py b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-render-docs-redirects/src/nixos_render_docs_redirects/__init__.py
index 0104ef0c3bc1ca..cb0117f1722b54 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-render-docs-redirects/src/nixos_render_docs_redirects/__init__.py
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ni/nixos-render-docs-redirects/src/nixos_render_docs_redirects/__init__.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ def remove_and_redirect(
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="redirects manipulation for nixos manuals")
     commands = parser.add_subparsers(dest="command", required=True)
-    parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", type=Path, required=True)
 
     add_content_cmd = commands.add_parser("add-content")
     add_content_cmd.add_argument("identifier", type=str)
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ def main():
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    with open(args.file) as file:
+    with open("@redirects_file@") as file:
         redirects = json.load(file)
 
     try:
@@ -113,7 +112,7 @@ def main():
     except Exception as error:
         print(error, file=sys.stderr)
     else:
-        with open(args.file, "w") as file:
+        with open("@redirects_file@", "w") as file:
             json.dump(redirects, file, indent=2)
             file.write("\n")