diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
index f69865cdc4d..a8f55d81466 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-{ buildPackages, runCommand, nettools, bc, bison, flex, perl, gmp, libmpc, mpfr, openssl
+{ buildPackages
 , ncurses
-, libelf
-, utillinux
-, writeTextFile, ubootTools
 , callPackage
-}:
-
-{ stdenv, buildPackages, perl, buildLinux
+, perl
+, bison ? null
+, flex ? null
+, stdenv
 
 , # The kernel source tarball.
   src
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 98001c416fa..ac39582a1a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13445,7 +13445,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   # A function to build a manually-configured kernel
   linuxManualConfig = makeOverridable (callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/manual-config.nix {});
-  buildLinux = makeOverridable (callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix {});
+  buildLinux = attrs: callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/generic.nix attrs;
 
   keyutils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/keyutils { };