diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d225fb2608f..1d60fc853aa 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8113,12 +8113,12 @@ let
       makeWrapper graphviz which python;
   };
 
-  vim = import ../applications/editors/vim {
+  vim = makeOverridable (import ../applications/editors/vim) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses lib;
   };
 
-  vimHugeX = import ../applications/editors/vim {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv lib ncurses pkgconfig
+  vimHugeX = vim.override {
+    inherit pkgconfig
       perl python tcl;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11 libXext libSM libXpm
       libXt libXaw libXau;