diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-pi/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-pi/default.nix
index e9d8f979e4ad..b41bea58453c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-pi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/sonic-pi/default.nix
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ in
 mkDerivation rec {
   inherit pname version src;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     bash
-    cmake
     pkg-config
     qtbase
     qwt
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix
index 7a57e2171095..b06c93c10340 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jucipp/default.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "0xp6ijnrggskjrvscp204bmdpz48l5a8nxr9abp17wni6akb5wiq";
   };
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config wrapGAppsHook ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config wrapGAppsHook cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     dbus
     openssl
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     libepoxy
     boost
     libXdmcp
-    cmake
     aspell
     libgit2
     libxkbcommon
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
index 3738e1c3aa15..8b55c1706939 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/overrides.nix
@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ self: super: {
   });
 
   cpsm = super.cpsm.overrideAttrs (old: {
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
     buildInputs = [
       python3
-      cmake
       boost
       icu
       ncurses
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/lsyncd/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/lsyncd/default.nix
index 4c95a35ab85a..7690bf6ee540 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/lsyncd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/lsyncd/default.nix
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   dontUseCmakeBuildDir = true;
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     rsync
-    cmake lua pkg-config
+    lua pkg-config
     asciidoc libxml2 docbook_xml_dtd_45 docbook_xsl libxslt
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/5.nix
index 380cc1f7198e..859d46459cb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/5.nix
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256-JdnzEW+qAhAljR+WfmgE3P9xeR2HvjS64tFgCC0tNA0=";
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     texinfo libXext xorgproto libX11 libXpm libXt libXcursor
-    alsa-lib cmake zlib libpng libvorbis libXxf86dga libXxf86misc
+    alsa-lib zlib libpng libvorbis libXxf86dga libXxf86misc
     libXxf86vm openal libGLU libGL
     libjpeg flac
     libXi libXfixes
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix
index 6abf632806a4..d9c862443653 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/allegro/default.nix
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ./encoding.patch
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     texinfo6_5 libXext xorgproto libX11 libXpm libXt libXcursor
-    alsa-lib cmake zlib libpng libvorbis libXxf86dga libXxf86misc
+    alsa-lib zlib libpng libvorbis libXxf86dga libXxf86misc
     libXxf86vm openal libGLU libGL
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xalanc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xalanc/default.nix
index b750b26996d5..2b5f2379fde7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xalanc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xalanc/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "sha256:0q1204qk97i9h14vxxq7phcfpyiin0i1zzk74ixvg4wqy87b62s8";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ xercesc getopt cmake ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ xercesc getopt ];
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "https://xalan.apache.org/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/rocminfo/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/rocminfo/default.nix
index 60ca0a51d265..d399a912b5ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/rocminfo/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/rocminfo/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
-  buildInputs = [ cmake rocm-cmake rocm-runtime ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
+  buildInputs = [ rocm-cmake rocm-runtime ];
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DROCM_DIR=${rocm-runtime}"
     "-DROCRTST_BLD_TYPE=Release"
diff --git a/pkgs/games/nanosaur/default.nix b/pkgs/games/nanosaur/default.nix
index d5ebee755da6..75e47fa179b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/nanosaur/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/nanosaur/default.nix
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     fetchSubmodules = true;
   };
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     SDL2
-    cmake
     makeWrapper
   ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/space-cadet-pinball/default.nix b/pkgs/games/space-cadet-pinball/default.nix
index 31df5377f1d3..3aed29adfd74 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/space-cadet-pinball/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/space-cadet-pinball/default.nix
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
     SDL2
     SDL2_mixer
-    cmake
     makeWrapper
     Cocoa
   ];
diff --git a/pkgs/games/the-butterfly-effect/default.nix b/pkgs/games/the-butterfly-effect/default.nix
index f5330485eddc..cc753783f035 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/the-butterfly-effect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/the-butterfly-effect/default.nix
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = "sed '1i#include <vector>' -i src/model/World.h";
 
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   buildInputs = [
-    qt5.qtbase qt5.qtsvg qt5.qttranslations box2d which cmake
+    qt5.qtbase qt5.qtsvg qt5.qttranslations box2d which
     gettext
   ];