diff --git a/lib/attrsets.nix b/lib/attrsets.nix
index 4b73735fd85..607a22393f8 100644
--- a/lib/attrsets.nix
+++ b/lib/attrsets.nix
@@ -479,6 +479,11 @@ rec {
   recurseIntoAttrs =
     attrs: attrs // { recurseForDerivations = true; };
 
+  /* Undo the effect of recurseIntoAttrs.
+   */
+  dontRecurseIntoAttrs =
+    attrs: attrs // { recurseForDerivations = false; };
+
   /*** deprecated stuff ***/
 
   zipWithNames = zipAttrsWithNames;
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 34c72a3512e..88083214a31 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ let
       zipAttrsWithNames zipAttrsWith zipAttrs recursiveUpdateUntil
       recursiveUpdate matchAttrs overrideExisting getOutput getBin
       getLib getDev chooseDevOutputs zipWithNames zip
-      recurseIntoAttrs;
+      recurseIntoAttrs dontRecurseIntoAttrs;
     inherit (lists) singleton forEach foldr fold foldl foldl' imap0 imap1
       concatMap flatten remove findSingle findFirst any all count
       optional optionals toList range partition zipListsWith zipLists
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c50e8eaca23..5fa010558ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ in
   # the Attrs which is useful for testing massive changes. Ideally,
   # every package subset not marked with recurseIntoAttrs should be
   # marked with this.
-  dontRecurseIntoAttrs = x: x;
+  inherit (lib) dontRecurseIntoAttrs;
 
   stringsWithDeps = lib.stringsWithDeps;