diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
index 810ba49fd27d..f6cb97c7d157 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/default.nix
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ in lib.makeExtensible (self: ({
     self_attribute_name = "nix_2_25";
   };
 
-  nix_2_26 = addTests "nix_2_26" (callPackage ./vendor/2_26/componentized.nix { });
+  nix_2_26 = addTests "nix_2_26" (callPackage ./vendor/2_26/componentized.nix { inherit (self.nix_2_24.meta) maintainers; });
 
   git = common rec {
     version = "2.25.0";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/componentized.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/componentized.nix
index 5ac269dda488..fc1dcf394e3b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/componentized.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/componentized.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   newScope,
   pkgs,
   stdenv,
+  maintainers,
   ...
 }:
 let
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ let
         f = import ./packaging/components.nix {
           inherit
             lib
+            maintainers
             officialRelease
             pkgs
             src
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/components.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/components.nix
index 98a2f1026bea..f65370e12490 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/components.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/components.nix
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   pkgs,
   src,
   officialRelease,
+  maintainers,
 }:
 
 scope:
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ let
           environments.
         '';
       license = prevAttrs.meta.license or lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
-      maintainers = prevAttrs.meta.maintainers or [ ] ++ lib.teams.nix.members;
+      maintainers = prevAttrs.meta.maintainers or [ ] ++ scope.maintainers;
       platforms = prevAttrs.meta.platforms or (lib.platforms.unix ++ lib.platforms.windows);
     };
   };
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ in
 {
   version = baseVersion + versionSuffix;
   inherit versionSuffix;
-  maintainers = lib.teams.nix.members;
+  inherit maintainers;
 
   inherit filesetToSource;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/everything.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/everything.nix
index 0ff50ab5862c..aab58cc82509 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/everything.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/vendor/2_26/packaging/everything.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   lndir,
   buildEnv,
 
+  maintainers,
+
   nix-util,
   nix-util-c,
   nix-util-tests,
@@ -217,7 +219,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     longDescription = nix-cli.meta.longDescription;
     homepage = nix-cli.meta.homepage;
     license = nix-cli.meta.license;
-    maintainers = lib.teams.nix.members;
+    maintainers = maintainers;
     platforms = nix-cli.meta.platforms;
     outputsToInstall = [
       "out"