diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nixstore/cataloger.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nixstore/cataloger.go
index 09dc260277bf..fc1edbf2070d 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/nixstore/cataloger.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/nixstore/cataloger.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (c *Cataloger) Catalog(resolver source.FileResolver) ([]pkg.Package, []arti
 				p.Name = name
 				p.Version = version
 				p.FoundBy = c.Name()
-				p.Locations = []source.Location{storeLocation}
+				p.Locations = source.NewLocationSet(storeLocation)
 				p.SetID()
 
 				log.Debug(p)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (c *Cataloger) Catalog(resolver source.FileResolver) ([]pkg.Package, []arti
 
 			} else {
 				nixLookupPkg := nixLookupPkg.(pkg.Package)
-				nixLookupPkg.Locations = append(nixLookupPkg.Locations, storeLocation)
+				nixLookupPkg.Locations = source.NewLocationSet(append(nixLookupPkg.Locations.ToSlice(), storeLocation)...)
 				pkgMap[fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", name, version)] = nixLookupPkg
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/syft/pkg/nix_store_metadata.go b/syft/pkg/nix_store_metadata.go
index 3307fc192229..fddc3d3d2ec5 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/nix_store_metadata.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/nix_store_metadata.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package pkg
 
 import (
 	"github.com/anchore/packageurl-go"
-	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/distro"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/linux"
 )
 
 const NixStoreGlob = "/nix/store/**"
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type NixStoreMetadata struct {
 	SourceVersion string           `mapstructure:"SourceVersion" json:"sourceVersion"`
 }
 
-func (m NixStoreMetadata) PackageURL(d *distro.Distro) string {
+func (m NixStoreMetadata) PackageURL(d *linux.Release) string {
 	if d == nil {
 		return ""
 	}
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (m NixStoreMetadata) PackageURL(d *distro.Distro) string {
 		// TODO: replace with `packageurl.TypeDebian` upon merge of https://github.com/package-url/packageurl-go/pull/21
 		// TODO: or, since we're now using an Anchore fork of this module, we could do this sooner.
 		"nix",
-		d.Type.String(),
+		"",
 		m.Package,
 		m.Version,
 		packageurl.Qualifiers{