diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/libmatemixer/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/libmatemixer/default.nix
index 8bf0d9bec18..0a0b353bb93 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/libmatemixer/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/libmatemixer/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, mate
+{ config, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, glib, mate
 , alsaSupport ? stdenv.isLinux, alsaLib
-, pulseaudioSupport ? stdenv.config.pulseaudio or true, libpulseaudio
+, pulseaudioSupport ? config.pulseaudio or true, libpulseaudio
 , ossSupport ? false
  }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-settings-daemon/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-settings-daemon/default.nix
index 2be518bcc5e..480304fcb1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-settings-daemon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/mate/mate-settings-daemon/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, dbus-glib, libxklavier, libcanberra-gtk3, libnotify, nss, polkit, gnome3, mate, wrapGAppsHook
-, pulseaudioSupport ? stdenv.config.pulseaudio or true, libpulseaudio
+{ config, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, intltool, dbus-glib, libxklavier
+, libcanberra-gtk3, libnotify, nss, polkit, gnome3, mate, wrapGAppsHook
+, pulseaudioSupport ? config.pulseaudio or true, libpulseaudio
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
index e0255be666e..4c7c51dbdff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glib/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, gettext, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, perl, python3, glibcLocales
+{ config, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, gettext, meson, ninja, pkgconfig, perl, python3, glibcLocales
 , libiconv, zlib, libffi, pcre, libelf, gnome3, libselinux, bash, gnum4, gtk-doc, docbook_xsl, docbook_xml_dtd_45
 # use utillinuxMinimal to avoid circular dependency (utillinux, systemd, glib)
 , utillinuxMinimal ? null
 , buildPackages
 
 # this is just for tests (not in the closure of any regular package)
-, doCheck ? stdenv.config.doCheckByDefault or false
+, doCheck ? config.doCheckByDefault or false
 , coreutils, dbus, libxml2, tzdata
 , desktop-file-utils, shared-mime-info
 , darwin
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/default.nix
index 41047796662..39fb68fd246 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/librdf/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook
+{ config, stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, autoreconfHook
 , librdf_raptor2, ladspaH, openssl, zlib
-, doCheck ? stdenv.config.doCheckByDefault or false, ladspaPlugins
+, doCheck ? config.doCheckByDefault or false, ladspaPlugins
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {