diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/default.nix
index 7cac65848810..46faa0f29e9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/default.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 }:
 
 lib.makeScope newScope (self: {
-  mkLibretroCore = self.callPackage ./mkLibretroCore.nix;
+  mkLibretroCore = self.callPackage ./mkLibretroCore.nix { };
 
   atari800 = self.callPackage ./cores/atari800.nix { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/mkLibretroCore.nix b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/mkLibretroCore.nix
index 892f5798c4d9..1702f150e4ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/mkLibretroCore.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/emulators/libretro/mkLibretroCore.nix
@@ -6,96 +6,93 @@
   retroarch-bare,
   unstableGitUpdater,
   zlib,
-  # Params
-  core,
-  makefile ? "Makefile.libretro",
-  extraBuildInputs ? [ ],
-  extraNativeBuildInputs ? [ ],
-  ## Location of resulting RetroArch core on $out
-  libretroCore ? "/lib/retroarch/cores",
-  ## The core filename is derived from the core name
-  ## Setting `normalizeCore` to `true` will convert `-` to `_` on the core filename
-  normalizeCore ? true,
-  ...
-}@args:
+}:
 
-let
-  d2u = if normalizeCore then (lib.replaceStrings [ "-" ] [ "_" ]) else (x: x);
-  coreDir = placeholder "out" + libretroCore;
-  coreFilename = "${d2u core}_libretro${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}";
-  mainProgram = "retroarch-${core}";
-  extraArgs = builtins.removeAttrs args [
-    "lib"
-    "stdenv"
-    "makeWrapper"
-    "retroarch-bare"
-    "unstableGitUpdater"
-    "zlib"
+lib.extendMkDerivation {
+  constructDrv = stdenv.mkDerivation;
 
+  excludeDrvArgNames = [
     "core"
     "extraBuildInputs"
     "extraNativeBuildInputs"
     "libretroCore"
-    "makefile"
     "normalizeCore"
-    "passthru"
-    "meta"
   ];
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation (
-  {
-    pname = "libretro-${core}";
 
-    buildInputs = [ zlib ] ++ extraBuildInputs;
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ] ++ extraNativeBuildInputs;
+  extendDrvArgs =
+    finalAttrs:
+    {
+      core,
+      enableParallelBuilding ? true,
+      extraBuildInputs ? [ ],
+      extraNativeBuildInputs ? [ ],
+      makeFlags ? [ ],
+      makefile ? "Makefile.libretro",
+      meta ? { },
+      passthru ? { },
+      strictDeps ? true,
+      ## Location of resulting RetroArch core on $out
+      libretroCore ? "/lib/retroarch/cores",
+      ## The core filename is derived from the core name
+      ## Setting `normalizeCore` to `true` will convert `-` to `_` on the core filename
+      normalizeCore ? true,
+      ...
+    }:
+    let
+      d2u = if normalizeCore then (lib.replaceStrings [ "-" ] [ "_" ]) else (x: x);
+      coreDir = placeholder "out" + libretroCore;
+      coreFilename = "${d2u core}_libretro${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}";
+      mainProgram = "retroarch-${core}";
+    in
+    {
+      pname = "libretro-${core}";
 
-    inherit makefile;
+      buildInputs = [ zlib ] ++ extraBuildInputs;
+      nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ] ++ extraNativeBuildInputs;
 
-    makeFlags = [
-      "platform=${
-        {
-          linux = "unix";
-          darwin = "osx";
-          windows = "win";
-        }
-        .${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.name} or stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.name
-      }"
-      "ARCH=${
-        {
-          armv7l = "arm";
-          armv6l = "arm";
-          aarch64 = "arm64";
-          i686 = "x86";
-        }
-        .${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name} or stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name
-      }"
-    ] ++ (args.makeFlags or [ ]);
+      inherit enableParallelBuilding makefile strictDeps;
 
-    installPhase = ''
-      runHook preInstall
+      makeFlags = [
+        "platform=${
+          {
+            linux = "unix";
+            darwin = "osx";
+            windows = "win";
+          }
+          .${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.name} or stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.kernel.name
+        }"
+        "ARCH=${
+          {
+            armv7l = "arm";
+            armv6l = "arm";
+            aarch64 = "arm64";
+            i686 = "x86";
+          }
+          .${stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name} or stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.name
+        }"
+      ] ++ makeFlags;
 
-      install -Dt ${coreDir} ${coreFilename}
-      makeWrapper ${retroarch-bare}/bin/retroarch $out/bin/${mainProgram} \
-        --add-flags "-L ${coreDir}/${coreFilename}"
+      installPhase = ''
+        runHook preInstall
 
-      runHook postInstall
-    '';
+        install -Dt ${coreDir} ${coreFilename}
+        makeWrapper ${retroarch-bare}/bin/retroarch $out/bin/${mainProgram} \
+          --add-flags "-L ${coreDir}/${coreFilename}"
 
-    enableParallelBuilding = true;
+        runHook postInstall
+      '';
 
-    passthru = {
-      inherit core libretroCore;
-      # libretro repos sometimes has a fake tag like "Current", ignore
-      # it by setting hardcodeZeroVersion
-      updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
-    } // (args.passthru or { });
+      passthru = {
+        inherit core libretroCore;
+        # libretro repos sometimes has a fake tag like "Current", ignore
+        # it by setting hardcodeZeroVersion
+        updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { hardcodeZeroVersion = true; };
+      } // passthru;
 
-    meta = {
-      inherit mainProgram;
-      inherit (retroarch-bare.meta) platforms;
-      homepage = "https://www.libretro.com/";
-      teams = [ lib.teams.libretro ];
-    } // (args.meta or { });
-  }
-  // extraArgs
-)
+      meta = {
+        inherit mainProgram;
+        inherit (retroarch-bare.meta) platforms;
+        teams = [ lib.teams.libretro ];
+      } // meta;
+    };
+}