diff --git a/src/nix-eval-jobs.cc b/src/nix-eval-jobs.cc
index bd7c207ba..2b4885ee0 100644
--- a/src/nix-eval-jobs.cc
+++ b/src/nix-eval-jobs.cc
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     return handleExceptions(argv[0], [&]() {
         initNix();
-        initGC();
+        initLibExpr();
 
         myArgs.parseArgs(argv, argc);