diff --git a/src/nix/make-content-addressed.cc b/src/nix/make-content-addressed.cc
index f2e4cefbe..f236bebd6 100644
--- a/src/nix/make-content-addressed.cc
+++ b/src/nix/make-content-addressed.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ struct CmdMakeContentAddressed : virtual CopyCommand, virtual StorePathsCommand,
                 assert(i != remappings.end());
                 jsonRewrites[srcStore->printStorePath(path)] = srcStore->printStorePath(i->second);
             }
-            std::cout << json::object({"rewrites", jsonRewrites}).dump();
+            std::cout << nlohmann::json{"rewrites", jsonRewrites}.dump();
         } else {
             for (auto & path : storePaths) {
                 auto i = remappings.find(path);