diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/composable_kernel/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/composable_kernel/default.nix
index 8ce90c5f0ae5..29574c239696 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/composable_kernel/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/composable_kernel/default.nix
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@
 , rocm-cmake
 , hip
 , openmp
-, gtest ? null
+, gtest
 , buildTests ? false
 , buildExamples ? false
 , gpuTargets ? [ ] # gpuTargets = [ "gfx803" "gfx900" "gfx1030" ... ]
 }:
 
-assert buildTests -> gtest != null;
-
 # Several tests seem to either not compile or have a race condition
 # Undefined reference to symbol '_ZTIN7testing4TestE'
 # Try removing this next update
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hipcub/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hipcub/default.nix
index 7874f13c6de8..9d451d866cdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/hipcub/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hipcub/default.nix
@@ -9,15 +9,12 @@
 , rocm-comgr
 , rocprim
 , hip
-, gtest ? null
-, gbenchmark ? null
+, gtest
+, gbenchmark
 , buildTests ? false
 , buildBenchmarks ? false
 }:
 
-assert buildTests -> gtest != null;
-assert buildBenchmarks -> gbenchmark != null;
-
 # CUB can also be used as a backend instead of rocPRIM.
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "hipcub";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hipsparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hipsparse/default.nix
index 4eec6f354b2a..a2f580c0e027 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/hipsparse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hipsparse/default.nix
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@
 , hip
 , gfortran
 , git
-, gtest ? null
+, gtest
 , buildTests ? false
 }:
 
-assert buildTests -> gtest != null;
-
 # This can also use cuSPARSE as a backend instead of rocSPARSE
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "hipsparse";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/miopen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/miopen/default.nix
index 58015654796e..5685817d47ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/miopen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/miopen/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 { lib
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
+, fetchurl
 , writeScript
 , pkg-config
 , cmake
@@ -21,12 +22,11 @@
 , boost
 , sqlite
 , bzip2
-, texlive ? null
-, doxygen ? null
-, sphinx ? null
-, python3Packages ? null
-, zlib ? null
-, fetchurl ? null
+, texlive
+, doxygen
+, sphinx
+, zlib
+, python3Packages
 , buildDocs ? true
 , buildTests ? false
 # LFS isn't working, so we will manually fetch these
@@ -36,13 +36,6 @@
 , useOpenCL ? false
 }:
 
-assert buildDocs -> texlive != null;
-assert buildDocs -> doxygen != null;
-assert buildDocs -> sphinx != null;
-assert buildDocs -> python3Packages != null;
-assert buildTests -> zlib != null;
-assert fetchKDBs -> fetchurl != null;
-
 let
   latex = lib.optionalAttrs buildDocs texlive.combine {
     inherit (texlive) scheme-small
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/miopengemm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/miopengemm/default.nix
index 7b2b5ff6f404..e2d2c8769d80 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/miopengemm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/miopengemm/default.nix
@@ -6,22 +6,16 @@
 , rocm-cmake
 , rocm-opencl-runtime
 , clang
-, texlive ? null
-, doxygen ? null
-, sphinx ? null
-, python3Packages ? null
-, openblas ? null
+, texlive
+, doxygen
+, sphinx
+, openblas
+, python3Packages
 , buildDocs ? true
 , buildTests ? false
 , buildBenchmarks ? false
 }:
 
-assert buildDocs -> texlive != null;
-assert buildDocs -> doxygen != null;
-assert buildDocs -> sphinx != null;
-assert buildDocs -> python3Packages != null;
-assert buildTests -> openblas != null;
-
 let
   latex = lib.optionalAttrs buildDocs texlive.combine {
     inherit (texlive) scheme-small
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rccl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rccl/default.nix
index f6b8671ac5d5..ad32aeab5364 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rccl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rccl/default.nix
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@
 , rocm-smi
 , hip
 , gtest
-, chrpath ? null
+, chrpath
 , buildTests ? false
 }:
 
-assert buildTests -> chrpath != null;
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "rccl";
   repoVersion = "2.12.10";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocblas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocblas/default.nix
index 6664f8b1a770..5db9c83f4206 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocblas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocblas/default.nix
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 , rocm-comgr
 , hip
 , python3
-, tensile ? null
-, msgpack ? null
-, libxml2 ? null
-, llvm ? null
-, python3Packages ? null
-, gtest ? null
-, gfortran ? null
+, tensile
+, msgpack
+, libxml2
+, llvm
+, gtest
+, gfortran
+, python3Packages
 , buildTensile ? true
 , buildTests ? false
 , buildBenchmarks ? false
@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@
 , gpuTargets ? [ "all" ]
 }:
 
-assert buildTensile -> tensile != null;
-assert buildTensile -> msgpack != null;
-assert buildTensile -> libxml2 != null;
-assert buildTensile -> llvm != null;
-assert buildTensile -> python3Packages != null;
-assert buildTests -> gtest != null;
-assert buildTests -> gfortran != null;
-
 # Tests and benchmarks are a can of worms that I will tackle in a different PR
 # It involves completely rewriting the amd-blis derivation
 assert buildTests == false;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocfft/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocfft/default.nix
index 9f97356fe711..d9ba6df7d614 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocfft/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocfft/default.nix
@@ -10,21 +10,15 @@
 , hip
 , sqlite
 , python3
-, gtest ? null
-, boost ? null
-, fftw ? null
-, fftwFloat ? null
-, llvmPackages ? null
+, gtest
+, boost
+, fftw
+, fftwFloat
+, llvmPackages
 , buildTests ? false
 , buildBenchmarks ? false
 }:
 
-assert buildTests -> gtest != null;
-assert buildBenchmarks -> fftw != null;
-assert buildBenchmarks -> fftwFloat != null;
-assert (buildTests || buildBenchmarks) -> boost != null;
-assert (buildTests || buildBenchmarks) -> llvmPackages != null;
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "rocfft";
   repoVersion = "1.0.18";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocprim/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocprim/default.nix
index f59955f67160..1a4387365f1d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocprim/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocprim/default.nix
@@ -8,15 +8,12 @@
 , rocm-device-libs
 , rocm-comgr
 , hip
-, gtest ? null
-, gbenchmark ? null
+, gtest
+, gbenchmark
 , buildTests ? false
 , buildBenchmarks ? false
 }:
 
-assert buildTests -> gtest != null;
-assert buildBenchmarks -> gbenchmark != null;
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "rocprim";
   repoVersion = "2.11.1";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocrand/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocrand/default.nix
index cc3dbebd224b..706f32ab3613 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocrand/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocrand/default.nix
@@ -8,15 +8,12 @@
 , rocm-device-libs
 , rocm-comgr
 , hip
-, gtest ? null
-, gbenchmark ? null
+, gtest
+, gbenchmark
 , buildTests ? false
 , buildBenchmarks ? false
 }:
 
-assert buildTests -> gtest != null;
-assert buildBenchmarks -> gbenchmark != null;
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "rocrand";
   repoVersion = "2.10.15";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocsparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocsparse/default.nix
index 0f0ce977b1d2..d2dad1dd8859 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocsparse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocsparse/default.nix
@@ -12,17 +12,13 @@
 , hip
 , gfortran
 , git
-, gtest ? null
-, boost ? null
-, python3Packages ? null
+, gtest
+, boost
+, python3Packages
 , buildTests ? false
 , buildBenchmarks ? false # Seems to depend on tests
 }:
 
-assert (buildTests || buildBenchmarks) -> gtest != null;
-assert (buildTests || buildBenchmarks) -> boost != null;
-assert (buildTests || buildBenchmarks) -> python3Packages != null;
-
 stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   pname = "rocsparse";
   repoVersion = "2.3.2";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocthrust/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocthrust/default.nix
index 02a7b086e7db..fa72e0619758 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocthrust/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocthrust/default.nix
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@
 , rocm-comgr
 , rocprim
 , hip
-, gtest ? null
+, gtest
 , buildTests ? false
 , buildBenchmarks ? false
 }:
 
-assert buildTests -> gtest != null;
-
 # Doesn't seem to work, thousands of errors compiling with no clear fix
 # Is this an upstream issue? We don't seem to be missing dependencies
 assert buildTests == false;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocwmma/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocwmma/default.nix
index 8e66f9cf1327..61f23f6bca34 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rocwmma/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rocwmma/default.nix
@@ -6,25 +6,18 @@
 , rocm-cmake
 , hip
 , openmp
-, gtest ? null
-, rocblas ? null
-, texlive ? null
-, doxygen ? null
-, sphinx ? null
-, python3Packages ? null
+, gtest
+, rocblas
+, texlive
+, doxygen
+, sphinx
+, python3Packages
 , buildDocs ? true
 , buildTests ? false
 , buildSamples ? false
 , gpuTargets ? [ ] # gpuTargets = [ "gfx908:xnack-" "gfx90a:xnack-" "gfx90a:xnack+" ... ]
 }:
 
-assert buildTests -> gtest != null;
-assert buildTests -> rocblas != null;
-assert buildDocs -> texlive != null;
-assert buildDocs -> doxygen != null;
-assert buildDocs -> sphinx != null;
-assert buildDocs -> python3Packages != null;
-
 # Building tests isn't working for now
 # undefined reference to symbol '_ZTIN7testing4TestE'
 assert buildTests == false;