diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/dotnetbuildhelpers/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/dotnetbuildhelpers/default.nix
index ed0d4f790c81..0edfd0b467ab 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/dotnetbuildhelpers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/dotnetbuildhelpers/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-{ helperFunctions, mono, pkgconfig }:
-  helperFunctions.runCommand
+{ runCommand, mono, pkgconfig }:
+  runCommand
     "dotnetbuildhelpers"
     { preferLocalBuild = true; }
     ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 18fc8b958113..e8b659586c21 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { system, bootStdenv, noSysDirs, gccWithCC, gccWithProfiling
 , config, crossSystem, platform, lib
-, pkgsWithOverrides, stdenvAdapters, helperFunctions
+, pkgsWithOverrides, stdenvAdapters
 , ... }:
 self: pkgs:
 
@@ -151,9 +151,7 @@ in
     dotnetfx = dotnetfx40;
   };
 
-  dotnetbuildhelpers = callPackage ../build-support/dotnetbuildhelpers {
-    inherit helperFunctions;
-  };
+  dotnetbuildhelpers = callPackage ../build-support/dotnetbuildhelpers { };
 
   dispad = callPackage ../tools/X11/dispad { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/default.nix b/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
index acce228ddfff..8b499b96215d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/default.nix
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ let
 
       stdenvDefault = (import ./stdenv.nix topLevelArguments) {} pkgs;
 
-      selfArgs = topLevelArguments // { inherit pkgsWithOverrides stdenvAdapters helperFunctions; };
+      selfArgs = topLevelArguments // { inherit pkgsWithOverrides stdenvAdapters; };
       self = (import ./all-packages.nix selfArgs) self pkgs;
 
       aliases = import ./aliases.nix self;