diff --git a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/shared.nix b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/shared.nix
index fbb4960dc8fa..cd674e41815e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/shared.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/radio/gnuradio/shared.nix
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ in {
       featuresInfo
       python
     ;
+    gnuradioOlder = lib.versionOlder versionAttr.major;
+    gnuradioAtLeast = lib.versionAtLeast versionAttr.major;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (hasFeature "gr-qtgui") {
     inherit qt;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (hasFeature "gnuradio-companion") {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/ais/default.nix b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/ais/default.nix
index 92abb23a5c57..1376fbe657a8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/ais/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/ais/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 , icu
 , gnuradio
 , thrift
+, gnuradioAtLeast
 }:
 
 mkDerivation rec {
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     rev = "2162103226f3dae43c8c2ab23b79483b84346665";
     sha256 = "1vackka34722d8pcspfwj0j6gc9ic7dqq64sgkrpjm94sh3bmb0b";
   };
-  disabledForGRafter = "3.9";
+  disabled = gnuradioAtLeast "3.9";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
diff --git a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/grnet/default.nix b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/grnet/default.nix
index 817205cc0ca6..77390e52340b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/grnet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/grnet/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 , libpcap
 , icu
 , thrift
+, gnuradioAtLeast
 }:
 
 let
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ mkDerivation {
   pname = "gr-grnet";
   version = version.name;
   inherit src;
-  disabledForGRafter = "3.10";
+  disabled = gnuradioAtLeast "3.10";
 
   patches = [
     # Use cross platform struct ip instead of iphdr
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     gmp
     libpcap
     icu
-  ] ++ (if lib.versionAtLeast gnuradio.versionAttr.major "3.9" then with python.pkgs; [
+  ] ++ (if gnuradioAtLeast "3.9" then with python.pkgs; [
     pybind11
     numpy
   ] else [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/gsm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/gsm/default.nix
index aef853943123..9f184b7be7fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/gsm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/gsm/default.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 , python
 , libosmocore
 , osmosdr
+, gnuradioAtLeast
 }:
 
 mkDerivation {
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     rev = "3ca05e6914ef29eb536da5dbec323701fbc2050d";
     sha256 = "13nnq927kpf91iqccr8db9ripy5czjl5jiyivizn6bia0bam2pvx";
   };
-  disabledForGRafter = "3.8";
+  disabled = gnuradioAtLeast "3.8";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
diff --git a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/limesdr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/limesdr/default.nix
index a9ed621cdf11..bdd541f04432 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/limesdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/limesdr/default.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 , gmp
 , icu
 , limesuite
+, gnuradioAtLeast
 }:
 
 let
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ let
 in mkDerivation {
   pname = "gr-limesdr";
   inherit version src;
-  disabledForGRafter = "3.9";
+  disabled = gnuradioAtLeast "3.9";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
diff --git a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/mkDerivation.nix b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/mkDerivation.nix
index 014968f82cc6..b35c93f90abd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/mkDerivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/mkDerivation.nix
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@ mkDerivation:
 args:
 
 # Check if it's supposed to not get built for the current gnuradio version
-if (builtins.hasAttr "disabledForGRafter" args) &&
-(lib.versionAtLeast unwrapped.versionAttr.major args.disabledForGRafter) then
+if (builtins.hasAttr "disabled" args) && args.disabled then
 let name = args.name or "${args.pname}"; in
 throw "Package ${name} is incompatible with GNURadio ${unwrapped.versionAttr.major}"
 else
 
+if builtins.hasAttr "disabledForGRafter" args then
+throw ''
+  `disabledForGRafter` is superseded by `disabled`.
+  Use `disabled = gnuradioAtLeast "${unwrapped.versionAttr.major}";` instead.
+''
+else
+
 let
   args_ = {
     enableParallelBuilding = args.enableParallelBuilding or true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/nacl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/nacl/default.nix
index 9f9175eae058..0900ca943b97 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/nacl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/nacl/default.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 , logLib
 , python
 , libsodium
+, gnuradioAtLeast
 }:
 
 mkDerivation {
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ mkDerivation {
     rev = "15276bb0fcabf5fe4de4e58df3d579b5be0e9765";
     sha256 = "018np0qlk61l7mlv3xxx5cj1rax8f1vqrsrch3higsl25yydbv7v";
   };
-  disabledForGRafter = "3.8";
+  disabled = gnuradioAtLeast "3.8";
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
diff --git a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/osmosdr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/osmosdr/default.nix
index 18b8229cebcc..8e46ac561493 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/osmosdr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/osmosdr/default.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 , libbladeRF
 , rtl-sdr
 , soapysdr-with-plugins
+, gnuradioAtLeast
 }:
 
 let
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ let
 in mkDerivation {
   pname = "gr-osmosdr";
   inherit version src;
-  disabledForGRafter = "3.11";
+  disabled = gnuradioAtLeast "3.11";
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/rds/default.nix b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/rds/default.nix
index 7ffdd206474a..9a6f2ccbbad4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/rds/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/gnuradio-modules/rds/default.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 , boost
 , gmp
 , icu
+, gnuradioAtLeast
 }:
 
 let
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ let
 in mkDerivation {
   pname = "gr-rds";
   inherit version src;
-  disabledForGRafter = "3.9";
+  disabled = gnuradioAtLeast "3.9";
 
   buildInputs = [
     logLib
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/gnuradio-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/gnuradio-packages.nix
index 08cc25980240..5adac2cf98e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/gnuradio-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/gnuradio-packages.nix
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ let
     ;
     inherit mkDerivationWith mkDerivation;
     inherit gnuradio;
+    inherit (gnuradio) gnuradioOlder gnuradioAtLeast;
   } // lib.optionalAttrs (gnuradio.hasFeature "gr-uhd") {
     inherit (gnuradio) uhd;
   });