diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.8.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.8.nix
index a38d8cc542a0..39ff6bb8917d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.8.nix
@@ -221,19 +221,11 @@ let
   inherit (shared.passthru) hasFeature; # function
 in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: (shared // {
   inherit pname version;
-  inherit (shared)
-    src
-    nativeBuildInputs
-    buildInputs
-    disallowedReferences
-    stripDebugList
-    doCheck
-    dontWrapPythonPrograms
-    dontWrapQtApps
-    meta
-  ;
+  # Will still evaluate correctly if not used here. It only helps nix-update
+  # find the right file in which version is defined.
+  inherit (shared) src;
   patches = [
     # Not accepted upstream, see https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio/pull/5227
     ./modtool-newmod-permissions.3_8.patch
@@ -286,4 +278,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       ${removeReferencesTo}/bin/remove-references-to -t ${python} $out/lib/cmake/gnuradio/GnuradioConfig.cmake
     ''
   ;
-}
+}))
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.9.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.9.nix
index 7a1b6829a90e..152ef5fbee2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.9.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/3.9.nix
@@ -257,20 +257,11 @@ let
   inherit (shared.passthru) hasFeature; # function
 in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: (shared // {
   inherit pname version;
-  inherit (shared)
-    src
-    nativeBuildInputs
-    buildInputs
-    cmakeFlags
-    disallowedReferences
-    stripDebugList
-    doCheck
-    dontWrapPythonPrograms
-    dontWrapQtApps
-    meta
-  ;
+  # Will still evaluate correctly if not used here. It only helps nix-update
+  # find the right file in which version is defined.
+  inherit (shared) src;
   patches = [
     # Not accepted upstream, see https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio/pull/5227
     ./modtool-newmod-permissions.patch
@@ -298,4 +289,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       ${removeReferencesTo}/bin/remove-references-to -t ${python.pkgs.pybind11} $out/lib/cmake/gnuradio/gnuradio-runtimeTargets.cmake
     ''
   ;
-}
+}))
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix
index 45cf6e09586b..2cef4f79dcd0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/default.nix
@@ -278,20 +278,11 @@ let
   inherit (shared.passthru) hasFeature; # function
 in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
+stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: (shared // {
   inherit pname version;
-  inherit (shared)
-    src
-    nativeBuildInputs
-    buildInputs
-    cmakeFlags
-    disallowedReferences
-    stripDebugList
-    doCheck
-    dontWrapPythonPrograms
-    dontWrapQtApps
-    meta
-  ;
+  # Will still evaluate correctly if not used here. It only helps nix-update
+  # find the right file in which version is defined.
+  inherit (shared) src;
   patches = [
     # Not accepted upstream, see https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio/pull/5227
     ./modtool-newmod-permissions.patch
@@ -327,4 +318,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       ${removeReferencesTo}/bin/remove-references-to -t ${python.pkgs.pybind11} $out/lib/cmake/gnuradio/gnuradio-runtimeTargets.cmake
     ''
   ;
-}
+}))