diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/roon-bridge.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/roon-bridge.nix
index 70392b647cc6..027b0332fd1e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/roon-bridge.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/roon-bridge.nix
@@ -70,12 +70,11 @@ in {
 
     users.groups.${cfg.group} = {};
     users.users.${cfg.user} =
-      if cfg.user == "roon-bridge" then {
+      optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "roon-bridge") {
         isSystemUser = true;
         description = "Roon Bridge user";
         group = cfg.group;
         extraGroups = [ "audio" ];
-      }
-      else {};
+      };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/roon-server.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/roon-server.nix
index fbe74f63b9da..8691c08b0d36 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/roon-server.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/roon-server.nix
@@ -76,12 +76,11 @@ in {
 
     users.groups.${cfg.group} = {};
     users.users.${cfg.user} =
-      if cfg.user == "roon-server" then {
+      optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "roon-server") {
         isSystemUser = true;
         description = "Roon Server user";
         group = cfg.group;
         extraGroups = [ "audio" ];
-      }
-      else {};
+      };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/fwupd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/fwupd.nix
index 9ea1d0cf4165..4e5913fd2751 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/fwupd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/fwupd.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ let
     # to install it because it would create a cyclic dependency between
     # the outputs. We also need to enable the remote,
     # which should not be done by default.
-    if cfg.enableTestRemote then (enableRemote cfg.package.installedTests "fwupd-tests") else {}
+    lib.optionalAttrs cfg.enableTestRemote (enableRemote cfg.package.installedTests "fwupd-tests")
   );
 
 in {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/disnix.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/disnix.nix
index 1cdfeef57cef..13c57ce6b85b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/disnix.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/disnix.nix
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ in
         environment = {
           HOME = "/root";
         }
-        // (if config.environment.variables ? DYSNOMIA_CONTAINERS_PATH then { inherit (config.environment.variables) DYSNOMIA_CONTAINERS_PATH; } else {})
-        // (if config.environment.variables ? DYSNOMIA_MODULES_PATH then { inherit (config.environment.variables) DYSNOMIA_MODULES_PATH; } else {});
+        // (optionalAttrs (config.environment.variables ? DYSNOMIA_CONTAINERS_PATH) { inherit (config.environment.variables) DYSNOMIA_CONTAINERS_PATH; })
+        // (optionalAttrs (config.environment.variables ? DYSNOMIA_MODULES_PATH) { inherit (config.environment.variables) DYSNOMIA_MODULES_PATH; });
 
         serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${cfg.package}/bin/disnix-service";
       };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/docker-registry.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/docker-registry.nix
index 8ea81f9a7ee2..b0e910634637 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/docker-registry.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/docker-registry.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ let
     storage = {
       cache.blobdescriptor = blobCache;
       delete.enabled = cfg.enableDelete;
-    } // (if cfg.storagePath != null
-          then { filesystem.rootdirectory = cfg.storagePath; }
-          else {});
+    } // (optionalAttrs (cfg.storagePath != null) { filesystem.rootdirectory = cfg.storagePath; });
     http = {
       addr = "${cfg.listenAddress}:${builtins.toString cfg.port}";
       headers.X-Content-Type-Options = ["nosniff"];
@@ -152,12 +150,10 @@ in {
     };
 
     users.users.docker-registry =
-      (if cfg.storagePath != null
-      then {
+      (optionalAttrs (cfg.storagePath != null) {
         createHome = true;
         home = cfg.storagePath;
-      }
-      else {}) // {
+      }) // {
         group = "docker-registry";
         isSystemUser = true;
       };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/zerobin.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/zerobin.nix
index 9e07666f3e14..735d4fa25fb1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/zerobin.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/zerobin.nix
@@ -75,13 +75,12 @@ in
 
     config = mkIf (cfg.enable) {
       users.users.${cfg.user} =
-      if cfg.user == "zerobin" then {
+      optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "zerobin") {
         isSystemUser = true;
         group = cfg.group;
         home = cfg.dataDir;
         createHome = true;
-      }
-      else {};
+      };
       users.groups.${cfg.group} = {};
 
       systemd.services.zerobin = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix
index c3949564d4bd..5df9942dbc04 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/nixos-containers.nix
@@ -800,14 +800,14 @@ in
       # declarative containers
       ++ (mapAttrsToList (name: cfg: nameValuePair "container@${name}" (let
           containerConfig = cfg // (
-          if cfg.enableTun then
+          optionalAttrs cfg.enableTun
             {
               allowedDevices = cfg.allowedDevices
                 ++ [ { node = "/dev/net/tun"; modifier = "rw"; } ];
               additionalCapabilities = cfg.additionalCapabilities
                 ++ [ "CAP_NET_ADMIN" ];
             }
-          else {});
+          );
         in
           recursiveUpdate unit {
             preStart = preStartScript containerConfig;
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ in
             unitConfig.RequiresMountsFor = lib.optional (!containerConfig.ephemeral) "${stateDirectory}/%i";
             environment.root = if containerConfig.ephemeral then "/run/nixos-containers/%i" else "${stateDirectory}/%i";
           } // (
-          if containerConfig.autoStart then
+          optionalAttrs containerConfig.autoStart
             {
               wantedBy = [ "machines.target" ];
               wants = [ "network.target" ];
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ in
               ];
               restartIfChanged = true;
             }
-          else {})
+          )
       )) config.containers)
     ));
 
diff --git a/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix b/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
index 1ebd99f5d75d..062b125eb611 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/virtualbox.nix
@@ -519,4 +519,4 @@ in mapAttrs (mkVBoxTest false vboxVMs) {
     destroy_vm_test1()
     destroy_vm_test2()
   '';
-} // (if enableUnfree then unfreeTests else {})
+} // (lib.optionalAttrs enableUnfree unfreeTests)
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
index acc433496b0e..adaf80dcd916 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/bintools-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta =
-    let bintools_ = if bintools != null then bintools else {}; in
-    (if bintools_ ? meta then removeAttrs bintools.meta ["priority"] else {}) //
+    let bintools_ = lib.optionalAttrs (bintools != null) bintools; in
+    (lib.optionalAttrs (bintools_ ? meta) (removeAttrs bintools.meta ["priority"])) //
     { description =
         lib.attrByPath ["meta" "description"] "System binary utilities" bintools_
         + " (wrapper script)";
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
index ffde44c538e3..5e919bc212bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/cc-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -611,8 +611,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta =
-    let cc_ = if cc != null then cc else {}; in
-    (if cc_ ? meta then removeAttrs cc.meta ["priority"] else {}) //
+    let cc_ = lib.optionalAttrs (cc != null) cc; in
+    (lib.optionalAttrs (cc_ ? meta) (removeAttrs cc.meta ["priority"])) //
     { description =
         lib.attrByPath ["meta" "description"] "System C compiler" cc_
         + " (wrapper script)";
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/buffer.nix b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/buffer.nix
index 8f824f4e1a57..b8bd4584e322 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/emacs/buffer.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/emacs/buffer.nix
@@ -73,7 +73,5 @@ rec {
         haskell-package-env =
           builtins.head haskell-package.env.nativeBuildInputs;
     in
-      if is-haskell-package
-        then withPackages [ haskell-package-env ]
-        else {};
+      lib.optionalAttrs is-haskell-package (withPackages [ haskell-package-env ]);
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/pkg-config-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/pkg-config-wrapper/default.nix
index f68597662608..f409ca3a7d4b 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/pkg-config-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/pkg-config-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta =
-    let pkg-config_ = if pkg-config != null then pkg-config else {}; in
-    (if pkg-config_ ? meta then removeAttrs pkg-config.meta ["priority"] else {}) //
+    let pkg-config_ = lib.optionalAttrs (pkg-config != null) pkg-config; in
+    (lib.optionalAttrs (pkg-config_ ? meta) (removeAttrs pkg-config.meta ["priority"])) //
     { description =
         lib.attrByPath ["meta" "description"] "pkg-config" pkg-config_
         + " (wrapper script)";
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/release/binary-tarball.nix b/pkgs/build-support/release/binary-tarball.nix
index 24d5b2e1cafc..37c5f8c7ee86 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/release/binary-tarball.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/release/binary-tarball.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
       test -n "$releaseName" && (echo "$releaseName" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-release-name)
     '';
 
-    meta = (if args ? meta then args.meta else {}) // {
+    meta = (lib.optionalAttrs (args ? meta) args.meta) // {
       description = "Build of a generic binary distribution";
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/release/debian-build.nix b/pkgs/build-support/release/debian-build.nix
index 6e08caf0a4e5..ab84a504b54c 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/release/debian-build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/release/debian-build.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ vmTools.runInLinuxImage (stdenv.mkDerivation (
       eval "$postInstall"
     '';
 
-    meta = (if args ? meta then args.meta else {}) // {
+    meta = (lib.optionalAttrs (args ? meta) args.meta) // {
       description = "Deb package for ${diskImage.fullName}";
     };
   }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/release/nix-build.nix b/pkgs/build-support/release/nix-build.nix
index 83e521bb65c7..583831d4821d 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/release/nix-build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/release/nix-build.nix
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (
 
     postPhases = postPhases ++ ["finalPhase"];
 
-    meta = (if args ? meta then args.meta else {}) // {
+    meta = (lib.optionalAttrs (args ? meta) args.meta) // {
       description = if doCoverageAnalysis then "Coverage analysis" else "Nix package for ${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}";
     };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/release/rpm-build.nix b/pkgs/build-support/release/rpm-build.nix
index 8f4711470509..ccbbd57107bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/release/rpm-build.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/release/rpm-build.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ vmTools.buildRPM (
       done
     '';
 
-    meta = (if args ? meta then args.meta else {}) // {
+    meta = (lib.optionalAttrs (args ? meta) args.meta) // {
       description = "RPM package for ${diskImage.fullName}";
     };
   }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/test/rcgen-crates.nix b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/test/rcgen-crates.nix
index e15390c3ffa8..ed273c01d26d 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/test/rcgen-crates.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/rust/build-rust-crate/test/rcgen-crates.nix
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 , release ? true
   # Additional crate2nix configuration if it exists.
 , crateConfig
-  ? if builtins.pathExists ./crate-config.nix
-    then pkgs.callPackage ./crate-config.nix {}
-    else {}
+  ? lib.optionalAttrs (builtins.pathExists ./crate-config.nix) (pkgs.callPackage ./crate-config.nix {})
 }:
 
 rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/data/icons/apple-cursor/default.nix b/pkgs/data/icons/apple-cursor/default.nix
index 90898333b45c..46b4b37f78df 100644
--- a/pkgs/data/icons/apple-cursor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/data/icons/apple-cursor/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
     name = variant;
     url = "https://github.com/ful1e5/apple_cursor/releases/download/v${version}/${variant}.${suffix}";
     hash = hash;
-  } // (if suffix == "zip" then { stripRoot = false; } else {}));
+  } // (lib.optionalAttrs (suffix == "zip") { stripRoot = false; }));
 
   version = "2.0.0";
   srcs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/make/gsmakeDerivation.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/make/gsmakeDerivation.nix
index 11aa53b77b5c..04cfcc1ca343 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/make/gsmakeDerivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnustep/make/gsmakeDerivation.nix
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (args // {
 
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ashalkhakov matthewbauer ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.linux;
-  } // (if builtins.hasAttr "meta" args then args.meta else {});
+  } // (lib.optionalAttrs (builtins.hasAttr "meta" args) args.meta);
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/redist/extension.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/redist/extension.nix
index 32215b1360c8..308397d7b063 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/redist/extension.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/redist/extension.nix
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ final: prev: let
   in lib.mapAttrs buildCudaToolkitRedistPackage attrs;
 
   # All cudatoolkit redist packages for the current cuda version
-  cudaToolkitRedistPackages = if
-    lib.hasAttr cudaVersion cudaToolkitRedistManifests
-  then buildCudaToolkitRedistPackages { version = cudaVersion; manifest = cudaToolkitRedistManifests.${cudaVersion}; }
-  else {};
+  cudaToolkitRedistPackages = lib.optionalAttrs (lib.hasAttr cudaVersion cudaToolkitRedistManifests)
+    (buildCudaToolkitRedistPackages { version = cudaVersion; manifest = cudaToolkitRedistManifests.${cudaVersion}; });
 
 in cudaToolkitRedistPackages
diff --git a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/zorns-lemma/default.nix b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/zorns-lemma/default.nix
index 19696bd81d4f..8d57bc885c11 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/coq-modules/zorns-lemma/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/coq-modules/zorns-lemma/default.nix
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ siraben ];
     license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
   };
-}).overrideAttrs({version, ...}: if lib.versions.isGe "9.0" version then { repo =  "topology"; } else {})
+}).overrideAttrs({version, ...}: lib.optionalAttrs (lib.versions.isGe "9.0" version) { repo =  "topology"; })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
index 4d05a2490e9e..57245bd61e76 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/interpreter.nix
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     luaOnBuildForHost = override pkgsBuildHost.${luaAttr};
     luaOnBuildForTarget = override pkgsBuildTarget.${luaAttr};
     luaOnHostForHost = override pkgsHostHost.${luaAttr};
-    luaOnTargetForTarget = if lib.hasAttr luaAttr pkgsTargetTarget then (override pkgsTargetTarget.${luaAttr}) else {};
+    luaOnTargetForTarget = lib.optionalAttrs (lib.hasAttr luaAttr pkgsTargetTarget) (override pkgsTargetTarget.${luaAttr});
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
index ddb49b40ff64..044a16ec7234 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/default.nix
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     luaOnBuildForHost = override pkgsBuildHost.${luaAttr};
     luaOnBuildForTarget = override pkgsBuildTarget.${luaAttr};
     luaOnHostForHost = override pkgsHostHost.${luaAttr};
-    luaOnTargetForTarget = if lib.hasAttr luaAttr pkgsTargetTarget then (override pkgsTargetTarget.${luaAttr}) else {};
+    luaOnTargetForTarget = lib.optionalAttrs (lib.hasAttr luaAttr pkgsTargetTarget) (override pkgsTargetTarget.${luaAttr});
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
index d469032e13b2..ff103373a10f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/default.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ let
     pythonOnBuildForHost = override pkgsBuildHost.${pythonAttr};
     pythonOnBuildForTarget = override pkgsBuildTarget.${pythonAttr};
     pythonOnHostForHost = override pkgsHostHost.${pythonAttr};
-    pythonOnTargetForTarget = if lib.hasAttr pythonAttr pkgsTargetTarget then (override pkgsTargetTarget.${pythonAttr}) else {};
+    pythonOnTargetForTarget = lib.optionalAttrs (lib.hasAttr pythonAttr pkgsTargetTarget) (override pkgsTargetTarget.${pythonAttr});
   };
 
   version = with sourceVersion; "${major}.${minor}.${patch}${suffix}";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix
index 06f80bf5cf22..e11cbbce3336 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hspell/dicts.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, hspell }:
+{ lib, stdenv, hspell }:
 
 let
   dict = variant: a: stdenv.mkDerivation ({
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
     meta = hspell.meta // {
       broken = true;
       description = "${variant} Hebrew dictionary";
-    } // (if a ? meta then a.meta else {});
+    } // (lib.optionalAttrs (a ? meta) a.meta);
   } // (removeAttrs a ["meta"]));
 in
 {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new-obsolete/ql.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new-obsolete/ql.nix
index f65a55dae117..da76d8dd5775 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new-obsolete/ql.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules-new-obsolete/ql.nix
@@ -221,9 +221,8 @@ let
   };
 
   qlpkgs =
-    if builtins.pathExists ./imported.nix
-    then import ./imported.nix { inherit (pkgs) runCommand fetchzip; pkgs = builtQlpkgs; }
-    else {};
+    lib.optionalAttrs (builtins.pathExists ./imported.nix)
+      (import ./imported.nix { inherit (pkgs) runCommand fetchzip; pkgs = builtQlpkgs; });
 
   builtQlpkgs = mapAttrs (n: v: build v) qlpkgs;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix
index 7e134fbce980..90b749c7bc86 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix
@@ -230,8 +230,7 @@ let
   });
 
   qlpkgs =
-    if builtins.pathExists ./imported.nix
-    then pkgs.callPackage ./imported.nix { inherit build-asdf-system; }
-    else {};
+    lib.optionalAttrs (builtins.pathExists ./imported.nix)
+      (pkgs.callPackage ./imported.nix { inherit build-asdf-system; });
 
 in qlpkgs.overrideScope' overrides
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/num/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/num/default.nix
index 12f9aa4ca02b..d41d0f851fa5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/num/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/num/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
     inherit (ocaml.meta) platforms;
     inherit (src.meta) homepage;
   };
-} // (if lib.versions.majorMinor ocaml.version == "4.06" then {
+} // (lib.optionalAttrs (lib.versions.majorMinor ocaml.version == "4.06") {
     env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fcommon";
-  } else {})
+  })
 )
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
index ce370dd414d8..652e7e32bc50 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_4/default.nix
@@ -320,10 +320,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         sha256 = "1mm4awx6sa0myiz9j4hwp71rpr7yh8vihf3zm15n2ii6xb82r31k";
       };
 
-    in (if !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then {
+    in (lib.optionalAttrs (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) {
       # `extracted` doesn’t work on darwin
       shebang = callPackage ../shebang-test.nix { inherit runLocal extracted bazelTest distDir; bazel = bazel_self; };
-    } else {}) // {
+    }) // {
       bashTools = callPackage ../bash-tools-test.nix { inherit runLocal bazelTest distDir; bazel = bazel_self; };
       cpp = callPackage ../cpp-test.nix { inherit runLocal bazelTest bazel-examples distDir; bazel = bazel_self; };
       java = callPackage ../java-test.nix { inherit runLocal bazelTest bazel-examples distDir; bazel = bazel_self; };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix
index f0d2147fe7f6..8382f9d4be35 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_5/default.nix
@@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         sha256 = "1mm4awx6sa0myiz9j4hwp71rpr7yh8vihf3zm15n2ii6xb82r31k";
       };
 
-    in (if !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then {
+    in (lib.optionalSttrs (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) {
       # `extracted` doesn’t work on darwin
       shebang = callPackage ../shebang-test.nix { inherit runLocal extracted bazelTest distDir; bazel = bazel_self;};
-    } else {}) // {
+    }) // {
       bashTools = callPackage ../bash-tools-test.nix { inherit runLocal bazelTest distDir; bazel = bazel_self;};
       cpp = callPackage ../cpp-test.nix { inherit runLocal bazelTest bazel-examples distDir; bazel = bazel_self;};
       java = callPackage ../java-test.nix { inherit runLocal bazelTest bazel-examples distDir; bazel = bazel_self;};
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_6/default.nix
index de69c79b6ea0..1424817edc90 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/bazel/bazel_6/default.nix
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         sha256 = "1mm4awx6sa0myiz9j4hwp71rpr7yh8vihf3zm15n2ii6xb82r31k";
       };
 
-    in (if !stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin then {
+    in (lib.optionalAttrs (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin) {
       # `extracted` doesn’t work on darwin
       shebang = callPackage ../shebang-test.nix { inherit runLocal extracted bazelTest distDir; bazel = bazel_self;};
-    } else {}) // {
+    }) // {
       bashTools = callPackage ../bash-tools-test.nix { inherit runLocal bazelTest distDir; bazel = bazel_self;};
       cpp = callPackage ../cpp-test.nix { inherit runLocal bazelTest bazel-examples distDir; bazel = bazel_self;};
       java = callPackage ../java-test.nix { inherit runLocal bazelTest bazel-examples distDir; bazel = bazel_self;};