diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1e806bb1bd1..f586fbb360b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -424,13 +424,17 @@ let
 
   makeAutostartItem = callPackage ../build-support/make-startupitem { };
 
-  makeInitrd = { contents, compressor ? "gzip -9n", prepend ? [ ] }@args:
-    callPackage ../build-support/kernel/make-initrd.nix args;
+  makeInitrd = { contents, compressor ? "gzip -9n", prepend ? [ ] }:
+    callPackage ../build-support/kernel/make-initrd.nix {
+      inherit contents compressor prepend;
+    };
 
   makeWrapper = makeSetupHook { } ../build-support/setup-hooks/make-wrapper.sh;
 
-  makeModulesClosure = { kernel, rootModules, allowMissing ? false }@args:
-    callPackage ../build-support/kernel/modules-closure.nix args;
+  makeModulesClosure = { kernel, rootModules, allowMissing ? false }:
+    callPackage ../build-support/kernel/modules-closure.nix {
+      inherit kernel rootModules allowMissing;
+    };
 
   pathsFromGraph = ../build-support/kernel/paths-from-graph.pl;