diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/base.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/base.nix
index 1e1c3ca3bb86..2cd9703a03ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/base.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/kicad/base.nix
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ assert testing -> !stable -> throw "testing implies stable and cannot be used wi
 
 let
   opencascade-occt = opencascade-occt_7_6;
-  inherit (lib) optionals optionalString;
+  inherit (lib)
+    cmakeBool
+    cmakeFeature
+    optionals
+    optionalString
+    ;
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "kicad-base";
@@ -100,34 +105,22 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   cmakeFlags = [
-    "-DKICAD_USE_EGL=ON"
-    "-DOCC_INCLUDE_DIR=${opencascade-occt}/include/opencascade"
+    (cmakeBool "KICAD_USE_EGL" true)
+    (cmakeFeature "OCC_INCLUDE_DIR" "${opencascade-occt}/include/opencascade")
     # https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/17133
-    "-DCMAKE_CTEST_ARGUMENTS='--exclude-regex;qa_spice'"
-    "-DKICAD_USE_CMAKE_FINDPROTOBUF=OFF"
+    (cmakeFeature "CMAKE_CTEST_ARGUMENTS" "--exclude-regex;qa_spice")
+    (cmakeBool "KICAD_USE_CMAKE_FINDPROTOBUF" false)
+    (cmakeBool "KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON" withScripting)
+    (cmakeBool "KICAD_BUILD_I18N" withI18n)
+    (cmakeBool "KICAD_BUILD_QA_TESTS" (!doInstallCheck))
+    (cmakeBool "KICAD_STDLIB_DEBUG" debug)
+    (cmakeBool "KICAD_USE_VALGRIND" debug)
+    (cmakeBool "KICAD_SANITIZE_ADDRESS" sanitizeAddress)
+    (cmakeBool "KICAD_SANITIZE_THREADS" sanitizeThreads)
+    (cmakeBool "KICAD_SPICE" (!(stable && !withNgspice)))
   ]
-  ++ optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.system == "aarch64-linux") [
-    "-DCMAKE_CTEST_ARGUMENTS=--exclude-regex;'qa_spice|qa_cli'"
-  ]
-  ++ optionals (stable && !withNgspice) [ "-DKICAD_SPICE=OFF" ]
-  ++ optionals (!withScripting) [
-    "-DKICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF"
-  ]
-  ++ optionals withI18n [
-    "-DKICAD_BUILD_I18N=ON"
-  ]
-  ++ optionals (!doInstallCheck) [
-    "-DKICAD_BUILD_QA_TESTS=OFF"
-  ]
-  ++ optionals debug [
-    "-DKICAD_STDLIB_DEBUG=ON"
-    "-DKICAD_USE_VALGRIND=ON"
-  ]
-  ++ optionals sanitizeAddress [
-    "-DKICAD_SANITIZE_ADDRESS=ON"
-  ]
-  ++ optionals sanitizeThreads [
-    "-DKICAD_SANITIZE_THREADS=ON"
+  ++ optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isLinux && stdenv.hostPlatform.isAarch64) [
+    (cmakeFeature "CMAKE_CTEST_ARGUMENTS" "--exclude-regex;'qa_spice|qa_cli'")
   ];
 
   cmakeBuildType = if debug then "Debug" else "Release";