diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index cdeb09ae3185..3bfe06d114de 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ in {
   coveralls = callPackage ../development/python-modules/coveralls { };
 
   cppe = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cppe {
-    cppe = pkgs.cppe;
+    inherit (pkgs) cppe;
   };
 
   cppheaderparser = callPackage ../development/python-modules/cppheaderparser { };
@@ -3625,7 +3625,7 @@ in {
 
   gst-python = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gst-python {
     inherit (pkgs) meson;
-    gst-plugins-base = pkgs.gst_all_1.gst-plugins-base;
+    inherit (pkgs.gst_all_1) gst-plugins-base;
   };
 
   gtfs-realtime-bindings = callPackage ../development/python-modules/gtfs-realtime-bindings { };
@@ -4637,7 +4637,7 @@ in {
   });
 
   libgpuarray = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libgpuarray {
-    clblas = pkgs.clblas.override { boost = self.boost; };
+    clblas = pkgs.clblas.override { inherit (self) boost; };
     cudaSupport = pkgs.config.cudaSupport or false;
   };
 
@@ -4699,9 +4699,9 @@ in {
 
   librouteros = callPackage ../development/python-modules/librouteros { };
 
-  libsass = (callPackage ../development/python-modules/libsass {
+  libsass = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libsass {
     inherit (pkgs) libsass;
-  });
+  };
 
   libsavitar = callPackage ../development/python-modules/libsavitar { };
 
@@ -5235,10 +5235,10 @@ in {
 
   monkeyhex = callPackage ../development/python-modules/monkeyhex { };
 
-  monosat = (pkgs.monosat.python {
+  monosat = pkgs.monosat.python {
     inherit buildPythonPackage;
     inherit (self) cython;
-  });
+  };
 
   monotonic = callPackage ../development/python-modules/monotonic { };
 
@@ -5762,7 +5762,7 @@ in {
   openapi-spec-validator = callPackage ../development/python-modules/openapi-spec-validator { };
 
   openbabel-bindings = callPackage ../development/python-modules/openbabel-bindings {
-      openbabel = (callPackage ../development/libraries/openbabel { python = self.python; });
+      openbabel = callPackage ../development/libraries/openbabel { inherit (self) python; };
   };
 
   opencv3 = toPythonModule (pkgs.opencv3.override {
@@ -6838,7 +6838,7 @@ in {
   pyctr = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pyctr { };
 
   pycuda = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycuda {
-    cudatoolkit = pkgs.cudatoolkit;
+    inherit (pkgs) cudatoolkit;
     inherit (pkgs.stdenv) mkDerivation;
   };
 
@@ -9361,12 +9361,12 @@ in {
   snuggs = callPackage ../development/python-modules/snuggs { };
 
   soapysdr = toPythonModule (pkgs.soapysdr.override {
-    python = self.python;
+    inherit (self) python;
     usePython = true;
   });
 
   soapysdr-with-plugins = toPythonModule (pkgs.soapysdr-with-plugins.override {
-    python = self.python;
+    inherit (self) python;
     usePython = true;
   });
 
@@ -9987,9 +9987,9 @@ in {
 
   thumborPexif = callPackage ../development/python-modules/thumborpexif { };
 
-  tkinter = let
+  tkinter = callPackage ../development/python-modules/tkinter {
     py = python.override { x11Support=true; };
-  in callPackage ../development/python-modules/tkinter { py = py; };
+  };
 
   tidylib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pytidylib { };