From 3621649b191156d757a3a0ec858248dfe926e7cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eman Resu <78693624+quatquatt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 16:42:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] lib.lists.drop: rewrite to not call `sublist`

---
 lib/lists.nix | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/lists.nix b/lib/lists.nix
index fc26a68af50b..f48cf19ea3f2 100644
--- a/lib/lists.nix
+++ b/lib/lists.nix
@@ -1581,7 +1581,12 @@ rec {
 
     :::
   */
-  drop = count: list: sublist count (length list) list;
+  drop =
+    count: list:
+    let
+      len = length list;
+    in
+    genList (n: elemAt list (n + count)) (if count > len then 0 else len - count);
 
   /**
     Remove the last (at most) N elements of a list.