diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index f3e1a5f12c3..3738e1c3aa1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ self: super: {
   cpsm = super.cpsm.overrideAttrs (old: {
     buildInputs = [
       python3
-      stdenv
       cmake
       boost
       icu
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/exrtools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/exrtools/default.nix
index 1985176765f..b29d1d58690 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/exrtools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/exrtools/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ stdenv openexr libpng12 libjpeg ];
+  buildInputs = [ openexr libpng12 libjpeg ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Collection of utilities for manipulating OpenEXR images";
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix
index d635fa8d865..b622d9f19cc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/gtk2fontsel/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-  buildInputs = [ stdenv gtk2 ];
+  buildInputs = [ gtk2 ];
 
   preferLocalBuild = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/stag/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/stag/default.nix
index f9c91d28f14..974ebb78c2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/stag/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/stag/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     sha256 = "1yrzjhcwrxrxq5jj695wvpgb0pz047m88yq5n5ymkcw5qr78fy1v";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ stdenv curses ];
+  buildInputs = [ curses ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     make install PREFIX=$out
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/yubioath-desktop/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/yubioath-desktop/default.nix
index 9cfd7650c49..3d35e3658e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/yubioath-desktop/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/yubioath-desktop/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false;
 
-  buildInputs = [ stdenv qtbase qtquickcontrols2 qtgraphicaleffects python3 ];
+  buildInputs = [ qtbase qtquickcontrols2 qtgraphicaleffects python3 ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ qmake makeWrapper python3.pkgs.wrapPython ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/aliceml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/aliceml/default.nix
index c7dc561e7b6..fe223cacec8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/aliceml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/aliceml/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ autoconf automake ];
   buildInputs = [
-    stdenv gcc glibc
+    gcc glibc
     libtool gnumake
     file which zsh m4 gtk2 zlib gmp
     gnome2.libgnomecanvas pango sqlite
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix
index dcec6db8edd..0d1fadf2552 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/shell.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ self = rec {
   name = "ql-to-nix";
   env = buildEnv { name = name; paths = buildInputs; };
   buildInputs = [
-    gcc stdenv
+    gcc
     openssl fuse libuv libmysqlclient libfixposix libev sqlite
     freetds
     lispPackages.quicklisp-to-nix lispPackages.quicklisp-to-nix-system-info
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/grive2/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/grive2/default.nix
index 68475b9e290..9d1d021641a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/grive2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/grive2/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkg-config ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ libgcrypt yajl curl expat stdenv boost libiberty ];
+  buildInputs = [ libgcrypt yajl curl expat boost libiberty ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A console Google Drive client";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/statserial/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/statserial/default.nix
index 1ca0771914b..8b5ae4cdc86 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/statserial/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/statserial/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       --replace 'LDFLAGS = -s -N' '#LDFLAGS = -s -N'
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses glibc stdenv ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses glibc ];
 
   installPhase = ''
   mkdir -p $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/virtualization/xe-guest-utilities/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/xe-guest-utilities/default.nix
index 2497cc6a9df..69b9f540e45 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/virtualization/xe-guest-utilities/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/virtualization/xe-guest-utilities/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     url = "https://sources.archlinux.org/other/community/xe-guest-utilities/xe-guest-utilities_${version}-1120.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "f9593cd9588188f80253e736f48d8dd94c5b517abb18316085f86acffab48794";
   };
-  buildInputs = [ bzip2 gnutar gnused python2 lzo zlib xz stdenv gnugrep which ];
+  buildInputs = [ bzip2 gnutar gnused python2 lzo zlib xz gnugrep which ];
   patches = [ ./ip-address.patch ];
   postPatch = ''
     tar xf "$NIX_BUILD_TOP/$name/xenstore-sources.tar.bz2"