diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
index dd8c9b143a66..88241856632d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 {
   config,
-  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  newScope,
+  gtk3,
   useMupdf ? true,
 }:
 
-let
-  callPackage = pkgs.newScope self;
+lib.makeScope newScope (
+  self:
+  let
+    callPackage = self.callPackage;
+  in
+  {
+    inherit useMupdf;
 
-  self = rec {
-    gtk = pkgs.gtk3;
+    gtk = gtk3;
 
     zathura_core = callPackage ./core { };
 
@@ -22,14 +29,6 @@ let
 
     zathura_cb = callPackage ./cb { };
 
-    zathuraWrapper = callPackage ./wrapper.nix {
-      plugins = [
-        zathura_djvu
-        zathura_ps
-        zathura_cb
-        (if useMupdf then zathura_pdf_mupdf else zathura_pdf_poppler)
-      ];
-    };
-  };
-in
-self
+    zathuraWrapper = callPackage ./wrapper.nix { };
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
index 5d60c4822212..4290fff26bcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/zathura/wrapper.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,19 @@
   lib,
   makeWrapper,
   zathura_core,
+  zathura_djvu,
+  zathura_ps,
+  zathura_cb,
+  zathura_pdf_mupdf,
+  zathura_pdf_poppler,
   file,
-  plugins ? [ ],
+  useMupdf,
+  plugins ? [
+    zathura_djvu
+    zathura_ps
+    zathura_cb
+    (if useMupdf then zathura_pdf_mupdf else zathura_pdf_poppler)
+  ],
 }:
 symlinkJoin {
   name = "zathura-with-plugins-${zathura_core.version}";