diff --git a/pkgs/applications/backup/areca/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/backup/areca/default.nix
index 90d38712317..7a7f6f2ac49 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/backup/areca/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/backup/areca/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substituteInPlace bin/areca_run.sh --replace "/usr/lib/java/swt.jar" "${swt}/jars/swt.jar"
 
     sed -i "s#^PROGRAM_DIR.*#PROGRAM_DIR=$out#g" bin/areca_run.sh
-    sed -i "s#^LIBRARY_PATH.*#LIBRARY_PATH=${swt}/lib:$out/lib:${acl}/lib#g" bin/areca_run.sh
+    sed -i "s#^LIBRARY_PATH.*#LIBRARY_PATH=$out/lib:${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ swt acl ]}#g" bin/areca_run.sh
 
     # https://sourceforge.net/p/areca/bugs/563/
     substituteInPlace bin/areca_run.sh --replace '[ "$JAVA_IMPL" = "java" ]' \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/music/tuxguitar/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/music/tuxguitar/default.nix
index 65ea62b3368..f305db1abb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/music/tuxguitar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/music/tuxguitar/default.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
     wrapProgram $out/bin/tuxguitar \
       --set JAVA "${jdk}/bin/java" \
-      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$out/lib/:${swt}/lib:${alsaLib.out}/lib" \
+      --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "$out/lib/:${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ swt alsaLib ]}" \
       --prefix CLASSPATH : "${swt}/jars/swt.jar:$out/lib/tuxguitar.jar:$out/lib/itext.jar"
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/davmail/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/davmail/default.nix
index d4dd13b880d..eb5d12ed82c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/davmail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/davmail/default.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
   mkdir -p $out/bin
   cp ./* $out/bin/ -R
-  wrapProgram $out/bin/davmail.sh --prefix PATH : ${jre}/bin --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${glib}/lib:${gtk}/lib:${libXtst}/lib
+  wrapProgram $out/bin/davmail.sh --prefix PATH : ${jre}/bin --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ glib gtk libXtst ]}
    '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ike/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ike/default.nix
index 319d7488b6b..0cd603996c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ike/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ike/default.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
     make install
     for file in "$out"/bin/* "$out"/sbin/*; do
-        wrapProgram $file --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ":" "$out/lib:${openssl.out}/lib:${gcc.cc}/lib:${stdenv.glibc.out}/lib::${gcc.cc}/lib64:${stdenv.glibc.out}/lib64:${libedit}/lib:${qt4}/lib"
+        wrapProgram $file --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH ":" "$out/lib:${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ openssl gcc.cc stdenv.glibc libedit qt4 ]}"
     done
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/apps/gedit/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/apps/gedit/default.nix
index d0c48752e73..69056e28c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/apps/gedit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.20/apps/gedit/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   preFixup = ''
-    gappsWrapperArgs+=(--prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${gnome3.libpeas}/lib:${gnome3.gtksourceview}/lib")
+    gappsWrapperArgs+=(--prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ gnome3.libpeas gnome3.gtksourceview ]}")
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/ponyc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/ponyc/default.nix
index e5f7612c487..93ce5037fed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/ponyc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/ponyc/default.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   checkTarget = "test";
 
   preCheck = ''
-    export LIBRARY_PATH="$out/lib:${openssl.out}/lib:${pcre2}/lib"
+    export LIBRARY_PATH="$out/lib:${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ openssl pcre2 ]}"
   '';
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidsdk.nix b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidsdk.nix
index 9e5eb435080..36b40d5a29f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidsdk.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/mobile/androidenv/androidsdk.nix
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     
       wrapProgram `pwd`/uiautomatorviewer \
         --prefix PATH : ${jdk}/bin \
-        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${glib}/lib:${gtk}/lib:${libXtst}/lib
+        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ glib gtk libXtst ]}
     
       wrapProgram `pwd`/hierarchyviewer \
         --prefix PATH : ${jdk}/bin \
-        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${glib}/lib:${gtk}/lib:${libXtst}/lib
+        --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : ${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ glib gtk libXtst ]}
       
       # The emulators need additional libraries, which are dynamically loaded => let's wrap them
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix b/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix
index 2486d1da470..b9316e2ca70 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   postInstall = ''
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/hwengine --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : $LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${mesa}/lib/:${freeglut}/lib:${physfs}/lib
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/hwengine --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : $LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ mesa freeglut physfs ]}
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/disper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/disper/default.nix
index 793fb8a04d8..27bb62c582a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/disper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/disper/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
       wrapProgram $out/bin/disper \
-        --prefix "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" : "${xorg.libXrandr.out}/lib:${xorg.libX11.out}/lib"
+        --prefix "LD_LIBRARY_PATH" : "${stdenv.lib.makeLibraryPath [ xorg.libXrandr xorg.libX11 ]}"
   '';
 
   src = fetchurl {