diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops/context.cc b/src/libexpr/primops/context.cc
index 07bf400cf..8ae68e570 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops/context.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops/context.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ static void prim_unsafeDiscardStringContext(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos,
     v.mkString(*s);
 }
 
-static RegisterPrimOp primop_unsafeDiscardStringContext("__unsafeDiscardStringContext", 1, prim_unsafeDiscardStringContext);
+static RegisterPrimOp primop_unsafeDiscardStringContext({
+    .name = "__unsafeDiscardStringContext",
+    .arity = 1,
+    .fun = prim_unsafeDiscardStringContext
+});
 
 
 static void prim_hasContext(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args, Value & v)
@@ -22,7 +26,11 @@ static void prim_hasContext(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args,
     v.mkBool(!context.empty());
 }
 
-static RegisterPrimOp primop_hasContext("__hasContext", 1, prim_hasContext);
+static RegisterPrimOp primop_hasContext({
+    .name = "__hasContext",
+    .arity = 1,
+    .fun = prim_hasContext
+});
 
 
 /* Sometimes we want to pass a derivation path (i.e. pkg.drvPath) to a
@@ -51,7 +59,11 @@ static void prim_unsafeDiscardOutputDependency(EvalState & state, const PosIdx p
     v.mkString(*s, context2);
 }
 
-static RegisterPrimOp primop_unsafeDiscardOutputDependency("__unsafeDiscardOutputDependency", 1, prim_unsafeDiscardOutputDependency);
+static RegisterPrimOp primop_unsafeDiscardOutputDependency({
+    .name = "__unsafeDiscardOutputDependency",
+    .arity = 1,
+    .fun = prim_unsafeDiscardOutputDependency
+});
 
 
 /* Extract the context of a string as a structured Nix value.
@@ -119,7 +131,11 @@ static void prim_getContext(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args,
     v.mkAttrs(attrs);
 }
 
-static RegisterPrimOp primop_getContext("__getContext", 1, prim_getContext);
+static RegisterPrimOp primop_getContext({
+    .name = "__getContext",
+    .arity = 1,
+    .fun = prim_getContext
+});
 
 
 /* Append the given context to a given string.
@@ -192,6 +208,10 @@ static void prim_appendContext(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * ar
     v.mkString(orig, context);
 }
 
-static RegisterPrimOp primop_appendContext("__appendContext", 2, prim_appendContext);
+static RegisterPrimOp primop_appendContext({
+    .name = "__appendContext",
+    .arity = 2,
+    .fun = prim_appendContext
+});
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchMercurial.cc b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchMercurial.cc
index 2c0d98e74..322692b52 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchMercurial.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchMercurial.cc
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ static void prim_fetchMercurial(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * a
     state.allowPath(tree.storePath);
 }
 
-static RegisterPrimOp r_fetchMercurial("fetchMercurial", 1, prim_fetchMercurial);
+static RegisterPrimOp r_fetchMercurial({
+    .name = "fetchMercurial",
+    .arity = 1,
+    .fun = prim_fetchMercurial
+});
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc
index fe880aaa8..be8159cc8 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops/fetchTree.cc
@@ -194,7 +194,11 @@ static void prim_fetchTree(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args,
 }
 
 // FIXME: document
-static RegisterPrimOp primop_fetchTree("fetchTree", 1, prim_fetchTree);
+static RegisterPrimOp primop_fetchTree({
+    .name = "fetchTree",
+    .arity = 1,
+    .fun = prim_fetchTree
+});
 
 static void fetch(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args, Value & v,
     const std::string & who, bool unpack, std::string name)
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops/fromTOML.cc b/src/libexpr/primops/fromTOML.cc
index e2a8b3c3a..4e6fcdffa 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops/fromTOML.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops/fromTOML.cc
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ static void prim_fromTOML(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value * * args, V
     }
 }
 
-static RegisterPrimOp primop_fromTOML("fromTOML", 1, prim_fromTOML);
+static RegisterPrimOp primop_fromTOML({
+    .name = "fromTOML",
+    .arity = 1,
+    .fun = prim_fromTOML
+});
 
 }