diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/nix-cl.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/nix-cl.nix
index 6bec2c3513db..e97cc9892830 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/nix-cl.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/nix-cl.nix
@@ -215,18 +215,22 @@ let
       # save-lisp-and-die binaries in the past
       dontStrip = true;
 
-    } // (args // {
+    } // (args // (let
+      isJVM = args.pkg.pname == "abcl";
+      javaLibs = lib.optionals isJVM args.javaLibs or [];
+    in {
       pname = "${args.pkg.pname}-${args.pname}";
       src = if builtins.length (args.patches or []) > 0
             then pkgs.applyPatches { inherit (args) src patches; }
             else args.src;
       patches = [];
+      inherit javaLibs;
       propagatedBuildInputs = args.propagatedBuildInputs or []
           ++ lispLibs ++ javaLibs ++ nativeLibs;
       meta = (args.meta or {}) // {
         maintainers = args.meta.maintainers or lib.teams.lisp.members;
       };
-    })) // {
+    }))) // {
       # Useful for overriding
       # Overriding code would prefer to use pname from the attribute set
       # However, pname is extended with the implementation name
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/packages.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/packages.nix
index 3c2a52273ea8..9326e23fc7b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/packages.nix
@@ -43,46 +43,12 @@ let
       src = build;
     });
 
-  # A little hacky
-  isJVM = spec.pkg.pname == "abcl";
-
   # Makes it so packages imported from Quicklisp can be re-used as
   # lispLibs ofpackages in this file.
   ql = quicklispPackagesFor spec;
 
   packages = ql.overrideScope (self: super: {
 
-  cffi = let
-    jna = pkgs.fetchMavenArtifact {
-      groupId = "net.java.dev.jna";
-      artifactId = "jna";
-      version = "5.9.0";
-      sha256 = "0qbis8acv04fi902qzak1mbagqaxcsv2zyp7b8y4shs5nj0cgz7a";
-    };
-  in build-asdf-system {
-    src =  pkgs.fetchzip {
-      url = "http://beta.quicklisp.org/archive/cffi/2021-04-11/cffi_0.24.1.tgz";
-      sha256 = "17ryim4xilb1rzxydfr7595dnhqkk02lmrbkqrkvi9091shi4cj3";
-    };
-    version = "0.24.1";
-    pname = "cffi";
-    lispLibs = with super; [
-      alexandria
-      babel
-      trivial-features
-    ];
-    javaLibs = optionals isJVM [ jna ];
-  };
-
-  cffi-libffi = build-asdf-system {
-    inherit (super.cffi-libffi) pname version asds lispLibs nativeLibs nativeBuildInputs;
-    src = pkgs.fetchzip {
-      url = "https://github.com/cffi/cffi/archive/3f842b92ef808900bf20dae92c2d74232c2f6d3a.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "1jilvmbbfrmb23j07lwmkbffc6r35wnvas5s4zjc84i856ccclm2";
-    };
-    patches = optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./patches/cffi-libffi-darwin-ffi-h.patch ];
-  };
-
   cl-environments = super.cl-environments.overrideLispAttrs (old: {
     patches = old.patches or [] ++ [
       # Needed because SB-INT:TRULY-DYNAMIC-EXTENT has been removed since sbcl 2.3.10.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix
index 33e4c5168376..a745bfd4fe20 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/lisp-modules/ql.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, lib, build-asdf-system, ... }:
+{ pkgs, lib, stdenv, build-asdf-system, ... }:
 
 let
 
@@ -73,9 +73,20 @@ let
     lla = super.lla.overrideLispAttrs (o: {
       nativeLibs = [ pkgs.openblas ];
     });
+    cffi = super.cffi.overrideLispAttrs (o: {
+      javaLibs = [
+        (pkgs.fetchMavenArtifact {
+          groupId = "net.java.dev.jna";
+          artifactId = "jna";
+          version = "5.9.0";
+          sha256 = "0qbis8acv04fi902qzak1mbagqaxcsv2zyp7b8y4shs5nj0cgz7a";
+        })
+      ];
+    });
     cffi-libffi = super.cffi-libffi.overrideLispAttrs (o: {
       nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.libffi ];
       nativeLibs = [ pkgs.libffi ];
+      patches = lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./patches/cffi-libffi-darwin-ffi-h.patch ];
     });
     cl-rabbit = super.cl-rabbit.overrideLispAttrs (o: {
       nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.rabbitmq-c ];