diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/default.nix
index 30492b79d9c1..e7ce417d2f17 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/default.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 , lua
 , packagesAttr
 , stdenv
+, callPackage
 , overrides ? (final: prev: {})
 }:
 
@@ -14,10 +15,10 @@ let
     inherit lua pkgs lib stdenv;
   };
 
-  overridenPackages = import ./overrides.nix { inherit pkgs; };
+  overridenPackages = callPackage ./overrides.nix { };
 
   generatedPackages = if (builtins.pathExists ./generated-packages.nix) then
-    (final: prev: pkgs.callPackage ./generated-packages.nix { inherit (final) callPackage; } final prev) else (final: prev: {});
+    (final: prev: callPackage ./generated-packages.nix { inherit (final) callPackage; } final prev) else (final: prev: {});
 
   extensions = lib.composeManyExtensions [
     generatedPackages
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
index 36b04817987d..475bfbe4598c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lua-modules/overrides.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,45 @@
-{ pkgs }:
+# do not add pkgs, it messes up splicing
+{ stdenv
+, cmake
+, cyrus_sasl
+, dbus
+, expat
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchpatch
+, fetchurl
+, fixDarwinDylibNames
+, glib
+, glibc
+, gmp
+, gnulib
+, gnum4
+, gobject-introspection
+, installShellFiles
+, lib
+, libevent
+, libiconv
+, libmpack
+, libmysqlclient
+, libuuid
+, libuv
+, libyaml
+, mariadb
+, mpfr
+, neovim-unwrapped
+, openssl_1_1
+, pcre
+, pkg-config
+, postgresql
+, readline
+, sqlite
+, unbound
+, vimPlugins
+, vimUtils
+, yajl
+, zlib
+, zziplib
+}:
+
 final: prev:
 with prev;
 {
@@ -16,7 +57,7 @@ with prev;
 
   busted = prev.busted.overrideAttrs (oa: {
     nativeBuildInputs = oa.nativeBuildInputs ++ [
-      pkgs.installShellFiles
+      installShellFiles
     ];
     postConfigure = ''
       substituteInPlace ''${rockspecFilename} \
@@ -31,13 +72,13 @@ with prev;
 
   cqueues = (prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.cqueues (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "CRYPTO"; dep = pkgs.openssl_1_1; }
-      { name = "OPENSSL"; dep = pkgs.openssl_1_1; }
+      { name = "CRYPTO"; dep = openssl_1_1; }
+      { name = "OPENSSL"; dep = openssl_1_1; }
     ];
     disabled = luaOlder "5.1" || luaAtLeast "5.4";
   })).overrideAttrs (oa: rec {
     # Parse out a version number without the Lua version inserted
-    version = with pkgs.lib; let
+    version = with lib; let
       version' = prev.cqueues.version;
       rel = splitVersion version';
       date = head rel;
@@ -46,7 +87,7 @@ with prev;
     "${date}-${rev}";
 
     nativeBuildInputs = oa.nativeBuildInputs ++ [
-      pkgs.gnum4
+      gnum4
     ];
 
     # Upstream rockspec is pointlessly broken into separate rockspecs, per Lua
@@ -67,13 +108,13 @@ with prev;
 
   cyrussasl = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.cyrussasl (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "LIBSASL"; dep = pkgs.cyrus_sasl; }
+      { name = "LIBSASL"; dep = cyrus_sasl; }
     ];
   });
 
   http = prev.http.overrideAttrs (oa: {
     patches = [
-      (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+      (fetchpatch {
         name = "invalid-state-progression.patch";
         url = "https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http/commit/cb7b59474a.diff";
         sha256 = "1vmx039n3nqfx50faqhs3wgiw28ws416rhw6vh6srmh9i826dac7";
@@ -87,11 +128,11 @@ with prev;
 
   ldbus = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.ldbus (drv: {
     extraVariables = {
-      DBUS_DIR = "${pkgs.dbus.lib}";
-      DBUS_ARCH_INCDIR = "${pkgs.dbus.lib}/lib/dbus-1.0/include";
-      DBUS_INCDIR = "${pkgs.dbus.dev}/include/dbus-1.0";
+      DBUS_DIR = "${dbus.lib}";
+      DBUS_ARCH_INCDIR = "${dbus.lib}/lib/dbus-1.0/include";
+      DBUS_INCDIR = "${dbus.dev}/include/dbus-1.0";
     };
-    buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    buildInputs = [
       dbus
     ];
   });
@@ -99,7 +140,7 @@ with prev;
   ljsyscall = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.ljsyscall (drv: rec {
     version = "unstable-20180515";
     # package hasn't seen any release for a long time
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "justincormack";
       repo = "ljsyscall";
       rev = "e587f8c55aad3955dddab3a4fa6c1968037b5c6e";
@@ -112,19 +153,19 @@ with prev;
     '';
     disabled = luaOlder "5.1" || luaAtLeast "5.3";
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = with pkgs.lib; optional (!isLuaJIT) luaffi;
+    propagatedBuildInputs = with lib; optional (!isLuaJIT) luaffi;
   });
 
   lgi = prev.lgi.overrideAttrs (oa: {
     nativeBuildInputs = oa.nativeBuildInputs ++ [
-      pkgs.pkg-config
+      pkg-config
     ];
     buildInputs = [
-      pkgs.glib
-      pkgs.gobject-introspection
+      glib
+      gobject-introspection
     ];
     patches = [
-      (pkgs.fetchpatch {
+      (fetchpatch {
         name = "lgi-find-cairo-through-typelib.patch";
         url = "https://github.com/psychon/lgi/commit/46a163d9925e7877faf8a4f73996a20d7cf9202a.patch";
         sha256 = "0gfvvbri9kyzhvq3bvdbj2l6mwvlz040dk4mrd5m9gz79f7w109c";
@@ -140,22 +181,22 @@ with prev;
   lmathx = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.lmathx (drv:
     if luaAtLeast "5.1" && luaOlder "5.2" then {
       version = "20120430.51-1";
-      knownRockspec = (pkgs.fetchurl {
+      knownRockspec = (fetchurl {
         url = "https://luarocks.org/lmathx-20120430.51-1.rockspec";
         sha256 = "148vbv2g3z5si2db7rqg5bdily7m4sjyh9w6r3jnx3csvfaxyhp0";
       }).outPath;
-      src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+      src = fetchurl {
         url = "https://web.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/5.1/lmathx.tar.gz";
         sha256 = "0sa553d0zlxhvpsmr4r7d841f16yq4wr3fg7i07ibxkz6yzxax51";
       };
     } else
       if luaAtLeast "5.2" && luaOlder "5.3" then {
         version = "20120430.52-1";
-        knownRockspec = (pkgs.fetchurl {
+        knownRockspec = (fetchurl {
           url = "https://luarocks.org/lmathx-20120430.52-1.rockspec";
           sha256 = "14rd625sipakm72wg6xqsbbglaxyjba9nsajsfyvhg0sz8qjgdya";
         }).outPath;
-        src = pkgs.fetchurl {
+        src = fetchurl {
           url = "http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/5.2/lmathx.tar.gz";
           sha256 = "19dwa4z266l2njgi6fbq9rak4rmx2fsx1s0p9sl166ar3mnrdwz5";
         };
@@ -171,8 +212,8 @@ with prev;
 
   lmpfrlib = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.lmpfrlib (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "GMP"; dep = pkgs.gmp; }
-      { name = "MPFR"; dep = pkgs.mpfr; }
+      { name = "GMP"; dep = gmp; }
+      { name = "MPFR"; dep = mpfr; }
     ];
     unpackPhase = ''
       cp $src $(stripHash $src)
@@ -181,25 +222,25 @@ with prev;
 
   lrexlib-gnu = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.lrexlib-gnu (drv: {
     buildInputs = [
-      pkgs.gnulib
+      gnulib
     ];
   });
 
   lrexlib-pcre = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.lrexlib-pcre (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "PCRE"; dep = pkgs.pcre; }
+      { name = "PCRE"; dep = pcre; }
     ];
   });
 
   lrexlib-posix = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.lrexlib-posix (drv: {
     buildInputs = [
-      pkgs.glibc.dev
+      glibc.dev
     ];
   });
 
   lua-iconv = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.lua-iconv (drv: {
     buildInputs = [
-      pkgs.libiconv
+      libiconv
     ];
   });
 
@@ -213,7 +254,7 @@ with prev;
 
   lua-zlib = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.lua-zlib (drv: {
     buildInputs = [
-      pkgs.zlib.dev
+      zlib.dev
     ];
     disabled = luaOlder "5.1" || luaAtLeast "5.4";
   });
@@ -221,24 +262,24 @@ with prev;
   luadbi-mysql = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luadbi-mysql (drv: {
     extraVariables = {
       # Can't just be /include and /lib, unfortunately needs the trailing 'mysql'
-      MYSQL_INCDIR = "${pkgs.libmysqlclient.dev}/include/mysql";
-      MYSQL_LIBDIR = "${pkgs.libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql";
+      MYSQL_INCDIR = "${libmysqlclient.dev}/include/mysql";
+      MYSQL_LIBDIR = "${libmysqlclient}/lib/mysql";
     };
     buildInputs = [
-      pkgs.mariadb.client
-      pkgs.libmysqlclient
+      mariadb.client
+      libmysqlclient
     ];
   });
 
   luadbi-postgresql = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luadbi-postgresql (drv: {
     buildInputs = [
-      pkgs.postgresql
+      postgresql
     ];
   });
 
   luadbi-sqlite3 = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luadbi-sqlite3 (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "SQLITE"; dep = pkgs.sqlite; }
+      { name = "SQLITE"; dep = sqlite; }
     ];
   });
 
@@ -247,14 +288,14 @@ with prev;
       luasocket
     ];
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "EVENT"; dep = pkgs.libevent; }
+      { name = "EVENT"; dep = libevent; }
     ];
     disabled = luaOlder "5.1" || luaAtLeast "5.4";
   });
 
   luaexpat = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luaexpat (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "EXPAT"; dep = pkgs.expat; }
+      { name = "EXPAT"; dep = expat; }
     ];
   });
 
@@ -262,7 +303,7 @@ with prev;
   # but are in luajitPackages?
   luaffi = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luaffi (drv: {
     # The packaged .src.rock version is pretty old, and doesn't work with Lua 5.3
-    src = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub {
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "facebook";
       repo = "luaffifb";
       rev = "532c757e51c86f546a85730b71c9fef15ffa633d";
@@ -275,53 +316,53 @@ with prev;
   luaossl = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luaossl (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
       # https://github.com/wahern/luaossl/pull/199
-      { name = "CRYPTO"; dep = pkgs.openssl_1_1; }
-      { name = "OPENSSL"; dep = pkgs.openssl_1_1; }
+      { name = "CRYPTO"; dep = openssl_1_1; }
+      { name = "OPENSSL"; dep = openssl_1_1; }
     ];
   });
 
   luasec = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luasec (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "OPENSSL"; dep = pkgs.openssl_1_1; }
+      { name = "OPENSSL"; dep = openssl_1_1; }
     ];
   });
 
   luasql-sqlite3 = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luasql-sqlite3 (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "SQLITE"; dep = pkgs.sqlite; }
+      { name = "SQLITE"; dep = sqlite; }
     ];
   });
 
-  luasystem = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luasystem (drv: pkgs.lib.optionalAttrs pkgs.stdenv.isLinux {
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.glibc.out ];
+  luasystem = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luasystem (drv: lib.optionalAttrs stdenv.isLinux {
+    buildInputs = [ glibc.out ];
   });
 
   luazip = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luazip (drv: {
     buildInputs = [
-      pkgs.zziplib
+      zziplib
     ];
   });
 
   lua-yajl = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.lua-yajl (drv: {
     buildInputs = [
-      pkgs.yajl
+      yajl
     ];
   });
 
   luaunbound = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luaunbound (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "libunbound"; dep = pkgs.unbound; }
+      { name = "libunbound"; dep = unbound; }
     ];
   });
 
   luuid = (prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luuid (drv: {
     externalDeps = [
-      { name = "LIBUUID"; dep = pkgs.libuuid; }
+      { name = "LIBUUID"; dep = libuuid; }
     ];
     disabled = luaOlder "5.1" || (luaAtLeast "5.4");
   })).overrideAttrs (oa: {
     meta = oa.meta // {
-      platforms = pkgs.lib.platforms.linux;
+      platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
     };
     # Trivial patch to make it work in both 5.1 and 5.2.  Basically just the
     # tiny diff between the two upstream versions placed behind an #if.
@@ -341,7 +382,7 @@ with prev;
 
   # as advised in https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/issues/1402#issuecomment-1080616570
   # we shouldn't use luarocks machinery to build complex cmake components
-  libluv = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  libluv = stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
     pname = "libluv";
     inherit (prev.luv) version meta src;
@@ -359,15 +400,15 @@ with prev;
       rm -rf deps/lua deps/libuv
     '';
 
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.libuv final.lua ];
+    buildInputs = [ libuv final.lua ];
 
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config pkgs.cmake ]
-      ++ pkgs.lib.optionals pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin [ pkgs.fixDarwinDylibNames ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config cmake ]
+      ++ lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ fixDarwinDylibNames ];
   };
 
   luv = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.luv (drv: {
 
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config pkgs.libuv ];
+    buildInputs = [ pkg-config libuv ];
 
     # Use system libuv instead of building local and statically linking
     extraVariables = {
@@ -387,12 +428,12 @@ with prev;
 
   lyaml = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.lyaml (oa: {
     buildInputs = [
-      pkgs.libyaml
+      libyaml
     ];
   });
 
   mpack = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.mpack (drv: {
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.libmpack ];
+    buildInputs = [ libmpack ];
     # the rockspec doesn't use the makefile so you may need to export more flags
     USE_SYSTEM_LUA = "yes";
     USE_SYSTEM_MPACK = "yes";
@@ -410,30 +451,30 @@ with prev;
       unzip "$curSrc"
       tar xf *.tar.gz
     '';
-    propagatedBuildInputs = prev.readline.propagatedBuildInputs ++ [ pkgs.readline.out ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = prev.readline.propagatedBuildInputs ++ [ readline.out ];
     extraVariables = rec {
-      READLINE_INCDIR = "${pkgs.readline.dev}/include";
+      READLINE_INCDIR = "${readline.dev}/include";
       HISTORY_INCDIR = READLINE_INCDIR;
     };
   })).overrideAttrs (old: {
     # Without this, source root is wrongly set to ./readline-2.6/doc
     setSourceRoot = ''
-      sourceRoot=./readline-${pkgs.lib.versions.majorMinor old.version}
+      sourceRoot=./readline-${lib.versions.majorMinor old.version}
     '';
   });
 
   sqlite = prev.luaLib.overrideLuarocks prev.sqlite (drv: {
 
     doCheck = true;
-    checkInputs = [ final.plenary-nvim pkgs.neovim-unwrapped ];
+    checkInputs = [ final.plenary-nvim neovim-unwrapped ];
 
     # we override 'luarocks test' because otherwise neovim doesn't find/load the plenary plugin
     checkPhase = ''
-      export LIBSQLITE="${pkgs.sqlite.out}/lib/libsqlite3.so"
+      export LIBSQLITE="${sqlite.out}/lib/libsqlite3.so"
       export HOME="$TMPDIR";
 
       nvim --headless -i NONE \
-        -u test/minimal_init.vim --cmd "set rtp+=${pkgs.vimPlugins.plenary-nvim}" \
+        -u test/minimal_init.vim --cmd "set rtp+=${vimPlugins.plenary-nvim}" \
         -c "PlenaryBustedDirectory test/auto/ { minimal_init = './test/minimal_init.vim' }"
     '';
 
@@ -456,7 +497,7 @@ with prev;
   # TODO just while testing, remove afterwards
   # toVimPlugin should do it instead
   gitsigns-nvim = prev.gitsigns-nvim.overrideAttrs (oa: {
-    nativeBuildInputs = oa.nativeBuildInputs or [ ] ++ [ pkgs.vimUtils.vimGenDocHook ];
+    nativeBuildInputs = oa.nativeBuildInputs or [ ] ++ [ vimUtils.vimGenDocHook ];
   });
 
   # aliases