diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bl/blackshades/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bl/blackshades/package.nix
index ec2bdfe33d4e..137c4c902555 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bl/blackshades/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bl/blackshades/package.nix
@@ -25,25 +25,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   postUnpack = ''
     ln -s ${
-      runCommand "${finalAttrs.finalPackage.name}-zig-deps"
-        {
-          inherit (finalAttrs) src;
-
-          nativeBuildInputs = [ zig_0_14 ];
-
-          outputHashAlgo = null;
-          outputHashMode = "recursive";
-          outputHash = "sha256-wBIfLeaKtTow2Z7gjEgIFmqcTGWgpRWI+k0t294BslM=";
-        }
-        ''
-          export ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-
-          runHook unpackPhase
-          cd $sourceRoot
-
-          zig build --fetch
-          mv $ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR/p $out
-        ''
+      zig_0_14.fetchDeps {
+        inherit (finalAttrs)
+          src
+          pname
+          version
+          ;
+        hash = "sha256-wBIfLeaKtTow2Z7gjEgIFmqcTGWgpRWI+k0t294BslM=";
+      }
     } $ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR/p
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/fetcher.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/fetcher.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..abb8acaa0838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/fetcher.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  zig,
+  runCommand,
+}:
+{
+  pname,
+  version,
+  name ? "${pname}-${version}",
+  src,
+  hash ? lib.fakeHash,
+}@args:
+runCommand "${name}-zig-deps"
+  {
+    inherit (args) src;
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ zig ];
+
+    outputHashAlgo = null;
+    outputHashMode = "recursive";
+    outputHash = hash;
+  }
+  ''
+    export ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+
+    runHook unpackPhase
+
+    cd $sourceRoot
+    zig build --fetch
+
+    mv $ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR/p $out
+  ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/generic.nix
index 5b95d7fd6b52..2f81039821b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/generic.nix
@@ -142,28 +142,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstallCheck
   '';
 
-  passthru = {
-    hook = callPackage ./hook.nix { zig = finalAttrs.finalPackage; };
-
-    bintools-unwrapped = callPackage ./bintools.nix { zig = finalAttrs.finalPackage; };
-    bintools = wrapBintoolsWith { bintools = finalAttrs.finalPackage.bintools-unwrapped; };
-
-    cc-unwrapped = callPackage ./cc.nix { zig = finalAttrs.finalPackage; };
-    cc = wrapCCWith {
-      cc = finalAttrs.finalPackage.cc-unwrapped;
-      bintools = finalAttrs.finalPackage.bintools;
-      extraPackages = [ ];
-      nixSupport.cc-cflags =
-        [
-          "-target"
-          "${stdenv.targetPlatform.system}-${stdenv.targetPlatform.parsed.abi.name}"
-        ]
-        ++ lib.optional (
-          stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic or false)
-        ) "-Wl,-dynamic-linker=${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools.dynamicLinker}";
-    };
-
-    stdenv = overrideCC stdenv finalAttrs.finalPackage.cc;
+  passthru = import ./passthru.nix {
+    inherit
+      lib
+      stdenv
+      callPackage
+      wrapCCWith
+      wrapBintoolsWith
+      overrideCC
+      targetPackages
+      ;
+    zig = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/passthru.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/passthru.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..094142fbc16e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/zig/passthru.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  zig,
+  callPackage,
+  wrapCCWith,
+  wrapBintoolsWith,
+  overrideCC,
+  targetPackages,
+}:
+{
+  hook = callPackage ./hook.nix { inherit zig; };
+
+  bintools-unwrapped = callPackage ./bintools.nix { inherit zig; };
+  bintools = wrapBintoolsWith { bintools = zig.bintools-unwrapped; };
+
+  cc-unwrapped = callPackage ./cc.nix { inherit zig; };
+  cc = wrapCCWith {
+    cc = zig.cc-unwrapped;
+    bintools = zig.bintools;
+    extraPackages = [ ];
+    nixSupport.cc-cflags =
+      [
+        "-target"
+        "${stdenv.targetPlatform.system}-${stdenv.targetPlatform.parsed.abi.name}"
+      ]
+      ++ lib.optional (
+        stdenv.targetPlatform.isLinux && !(stdenv.targetPlatform.isStatic or false)
+      ) "-Wl,-dynamic-linker=${targetPackages.stdenv.cc.bintools.dynamicLinker}";
+  };
+
+  stdenv = overrideCC stdenv zig.cc;
+
+  fetchDeps = callPackage ./fetcher.nix { inherit zig; };
+}