diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/writers/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/writers/default.nix
index 5ef57942219..a161322cd35 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/writers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/writers/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
-{ pkgs, config, lib }:
+{ config, lib, callPackages }:
 
 let
   aliases = if config.allowAliases then (import ./aliases.nix lib) else prev: {};
 
   # Writers for JSON-like data structures
-  dataWriters = import ./data.nix {
-    inherit lib; inherit (pkgs) runCommandNoCC dasel;
-  };
+  dataWriters = callPackages ./data.nix { };
 
   # Writers for scripts
-  scriptWriters = import ./scripts.nix {
-    inherit lib pkgs;
-  };
+  scriptWriters = callPackages ./scripts.nix { };
 
   writers = scriptWriters // dataWriters;
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/writers/scripts.nix b/pkgs/build-support/writers/scripts.nix
index b8c5964c3fa..7fc47fbcdf9 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/writers/scripts.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/writers/scripts.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, lib }:
+{ pkgs, buildPackages, lib, stdenv, libiconv, mkNugetDeps, mkNugetSource, gixy }:
 let
   inherit (lib)
     concatMapStringsSep
@@ -10,15 +10,6 @@ let
     strings
     types
     ;
-
-  inherit (pkgs)
-    buildPackages
-    gixy
-    libiconv
-    mkNugetDeps
-    mkNugetSource
-    stdenv
-    ;
 in
 rec {
   # Base implementation for non-compiled executables.