diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify/default.nix
index 403075f9135..3f99e22a4cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/spotify/default.nix
@@ -78,8 +78,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ squashfsTools makeWrapper ];
 
-  doConfigure = false;
-  doBuild = false;
   dontStrip = true;
   dontPatchELF = true;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl/default.nix
index 40d42408679..fed40523a9b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl/default.nix
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   outputs = [ "out" "man" ];
 
-  doBuild = false;
-
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p \
       "$out/bin" \
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/eagle/eagle.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/eagle/eagle.nix
index 3168fc19d05..2b28f2c06db 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/eagle/eagle.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/electronics/eagle/eagle.nix
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ let
         qtbase qtdeclarative qtsvg qtlocation qtwebchannel qtwebengine
       ];
 
-    doConfigure = false;
-    doBuild = false;
-
     installPhase = ''
       # Extract eagle tarball
       mkdir "$out"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
index 5ff8a1650ba..c092f1be006 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/virtualbox/guest-additions/default.nix
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     }
   '';
 
-  doConfigure = false;
-
   buildPhase = ''
     # Build kernel modules.
     cd src
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/unifi/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/unifi/default.nix
index eb7a072799d..660a7050e9c 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/unifi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/unifi/default.nix
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ let
       runHook postUnpack
     '';
 
-    doConfigure = false;
-
     installPhase = ''
       runHook preInstall
 
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix
index f5bdfd9fe85..7db8ec3b604 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyIRCt/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     xmpppy pythonIRClib
   ];
 
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
   # phaseNames = ["deploy" (a.makeManyWrappers "$out/share/${name}/irc.py" a.pythonWrapperArguments)];
 
   installPhase = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyMAILt/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyMAILt/default.nix
index 719acfd3a66..0c85f322f48 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyMAILt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/xmpp/pyMAILt/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pythonPath = [ xmpppy ];
   buildInputs = [ pythonPackages.wrapPython ];
 
-  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
   installPhase = ''
     cd mail-transport
     mkdir -p $out/bin $out/share/${pname}-${version}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
index b35fe709f95..7c81e861ddb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/google-cloud-sdk/default.nix
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ python makeWrapper ];
 
-  doBuild = false;
-
   patches = [
     ./gcloud-path.patch
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/shab/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/shab/default.nix
index 73323c784fd..02d2d545122 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/shab/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/shab/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ let
       done
     '';
 
-    doBuild = false;
     doCheck = true;
     doInstallCheck = true;