diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/bashblog/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/bashblog/default.nix
index 3c8d90caf843..0080ed0f7e1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/bashblog/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/bashblog/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
-, fetchzip
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , makeWrapper
 , substituteAll
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ let
   markdownpl_path = "${perlPackages.TextMarkdown}/bin/Markdown.pl";
   pandoc_path = "${pandoc}/bin/pandoc";
 
-in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "bashblog";
   version = "unstable-2022-03-26";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/cmigemo/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/cmigemo/default.nix
index 7b2598a9cfb2..179db9c337dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/cmigemo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/cmigemo/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildPackages
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
 , iconv, nkf, perl, which
 , skk-dicts
 }:
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/gawkextlib.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/gawkextlib.nix
index e050c9939269..f8ff4adf5a4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/gawkextlib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gawk/gawkextlib.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, recurseIntoAttrs, fetchgit, writeText, pkg-config, autoreconfHook
+{ lib, stdenv, recurseIntoAttrs, fetchgit, pkg-config, autoreconfHook
 , autoconf, automake, libiconv, libtool, texinfo, gettext, gawk, rapidjson, gd
-, shapelib, libharu, lmdb, gmp, glibcLocales, mpfr, more, postgresql, hiredis
-, expat, tre, makeWrapper }:
+, libharu, lmdb, gmp, glibcLocales, mpfr, more, postgresql, hiredis
+, expat, tre }:
 
 let
   buildExtension = lib.makeOverridable
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
index 1e339ee3e629..7559ef890ad2 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/gnugrep/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, glibcLocales, fetchurl, pcre2, libiconv, perl, autoreconfHook }:
+{ lib, stdenv, glibcLocales, fetchurl, pcre2, libiconv, perl }:
 
 # Note: this package is used for bootstrapping fetchurl, and thus
 # cannot use fetchpatch! All mutable patches (generated by GitHub or
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-graphviz/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-graphviz/default.nix
index 3660b4596901..cdba18e5b020 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-graphviz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-graphviz/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, rustPlatform, CoreServices, graphviz }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, CoreServices, graphviz }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "mdbook-graphviz";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-i18n-helpers/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-i18n-helpers/default.nix
index 1eebd0e85966..30b19076f94e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-i18n-helpers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-i18n-helpers/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 { lib
-, stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , rustPlatform
 }:
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-plantuml/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-plantuml/default.nix
index e57bd1a45225..3e6d13d24489 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-plantuml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/mdbook-plantuml/default.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,8 @@
 , fetchpatch
 , stdenv
 , rustPlatform
-, darwin
 , pkg-config
 , openssl
-, libiconv
 , CoreServices
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/morsel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/morsel/default.nix
index 3968eb2cc4a2..dc0fa9ef9b29 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/morsel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/morsel/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform }:
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "morsel";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/par/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/par/default.nix
index 49994d2dfa48..e64dbd367be5 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/par/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/par/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch}:
+{lib, stdenv, fetchurl}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "par";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/sgml/linuxdoc-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/sgml/linuxdoc-tools/default.nix
index b39b4fd4f593..dad9975ebf12 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/sgml/linuxdoc-tools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/sgml/linuxdoc-tools/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, makeWrapper, fetchFromGitLab, openjade, gnumake, perl, flex
+{ stdenv, lib, makeWrapper, fetchFromGitLab, perl, flex
 , gnused, coreutils, which, opensp, groff, texlive, texinfo, withLatex ? false
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/sgml/opensp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/sgml/opensp/default.nix
index 848bd5ce82eb..a88b94cf1d31 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/sgml/opensp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/sgml/opensp/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_412
-, libxslt, docbook_xsl, autoconf, automake, gettext, libiconv, libtool
+, docbook_xsl, autoconf, automake, libtool
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/txt2tags/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/txt2tags/default.nix
index 7c7ddbb1b8ee..d15eff7f24b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/txt2tags/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/txt2tags/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
 , python3
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 }:
 
 python3.pkgs.buildPythonApplication rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/ucg/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/ucg/default.nix
index 5ecb9c747c48..e546a604252a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/ucg/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/ucg/default.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 , pcre
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "ucg";
   version = "unstable-2022-09-03";
 
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     platforms = lib.platforms.unix;
     broken = stdenv.isAarch64 || stdenv.isDarwin;
   };
-})
+}
 # TODO: report upstream
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xidel/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xidel/default.nix
index 829ea2c66eba..479cc0ff1115 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/xidel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xidel/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchsvn, fetchFromGitHub, fpc, openssl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fpc, openssl }:
 
 let
   flreSrc = fetchFromGitHub {