diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy-sh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy-sh/default.nix
index 4fbb4994394b..de5063135f84 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy-sh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ntfy-sh/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, pkgs, stdenv, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, buildNpmPackage
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub, buildNpmPackage
 , nixosTests, debianutils, mkdocs, python3, python3Packages
-, pkg-config, pixman, cairo, pango }:
+}:
 
 
 buildGoModule rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/rauc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/rauc/default.nix
index 72cc8d8945f5..ec573473de3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/rauc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/rauc/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { curl
 , dbus
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , glib
 , json-glib
 , lib
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/cdpr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/cdpr/default.nix
index 6879b7e9d707..1f9e7b1888d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/cdpr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/cdpr/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, libpcap }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, libpcap }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "cdpr";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix
index 757a7208c4d2..1d07843cc48b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, perl, file, nettools, iputils, iproute2, makeWrapper
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl, file, nettools, iputils, iproute2, makeWrapper
 , coreutils, gnused, openldap ? null
 , buildPackages, lib
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dnsmasq/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dnsmasq/default.nix
index f4398cdd0393..8ca5199838e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dnsmasq/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dnsmasq/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, nettle, fetchpatch
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, pkg-config, nettle
 , libidn, libnetfilter_conntrack, buildPackages
 , dbusSupport ? stdenv.isLinux
 , dbus
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix
index 24e1ef29ef31..ae663abb08dc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dsniff/default.nix
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ let
   */
   staticdb = symlinkJoin {
     inherit (db) name;
-    paths = with db.overrideAttrs(old: { dontDisableStatic = true; }); [ out dev ];
+    paths = with db.overrideAttrs { dontDisableStatic = true; }; [ out dev ];
     postBuild = ''
       rm $out/lib/*.so*
     '';
   };
   pcap = symlinkJoin {
     inherit (libpcap) name;
-    paths = [ (libpcap.overrideAttrs(old: { dontDisableStatic = true; })) ];
+    paths = [ (libpcap.overrideAttrs { dontDisableStatic = true; }) ];
     postBuild = ''
       cp -rs $out/include/pcap $out/include/net
       # prevent references to libpcap
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ let
   };
   net = symlinkJoin {
     inherit (libnet) name;
-    paths = [ (libnet.overrideAttrs(old: { dontDisableStatic = true; })) ];
+    paths = [ (libnet.overrideAttrs { dontDisableStatic = true; }) ];
     postBuild = ''
       # prevent dynamic linking, now that we have a static library
       rm $out/lib/*.so*
     '';
   };
-  nids = libnids.overrideAttrs(old: {
+  nids = libnids.overrideAttrs {
     dontDisableStatic = true;
-  });
+  };
   ssl = symlinkJoin {
     inherit (openssl) name;
     paths = with openssl.override { static = true; }; [ out dev ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ebpf-verifier/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ebpf-verifier/default.nix
index 63af32ce1a20..972c72c4e57f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/ebpf-verifier/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ebpf-verifier/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 , yaml-cpp
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   pname = "ebpf-verifier";
   version = "unstable-2023-07-15";
 
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ gaelreyrol ];
   };
-})
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix
index 1409bd070818..d1d3f3b426b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/edgedb/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
-, runCommand
 , patchelf
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , rustPlatform
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/gnirehtet/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/gnirehtet/default.nix
index e9266a555480..5f6e0db6d581 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/gnirehtet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/gnirehtet/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 , stdenv
 , rustPlatform
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , fetchzip
 , androidenv
 , makeWrapper
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ifwifi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ifwifi/default.nix
index 86891f459871..f04c3369bacf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/ifwifi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ifwifi/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, makeWrapper, darwin, networkmanager, iw, Security }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, makeWrapper, networkmanager, iw, Security }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "ifwifi";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr-exporter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr-exporter/default.nix
index 0243774262af..62b884fe6475 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr-exporter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr-exporter/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchurl, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, buildGoModule, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-buildGoModule rec {
+buildGoModule {
   pname = "mtr-exporter";
   version = "0.1.0";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr/default.nix
index 9ce71df109e0..bf324c57d497 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/mtr/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv
 , lib
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , autoreconfHook
 , pkg-config
 , libcap
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/nethoscope/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/nethoscope/default.nix
index 276579f361fc..9a17adc3800d 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/nethoscope/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/nethoscope/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , rustPlatform
+, fetchFromGitHub
 , pkg-config
 , alsa-lib
 , libpcap
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager/libnma/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager/libnma/default.nix
index 8f3ed67abcfb..a47b23e9634c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager/libnma/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager/libnma/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 , withGnome ? true
 , gcr_4
 , glib
-, substituteAll
 , lib
 , _experimental-update-script-combinators
 , makeHardcodeGsettingsPatch
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager/strongswan/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager/strongswan/default.nix
index 545dd3d82cdc..f46fb1272087 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager/strongswan/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/networkmanager/strongswan/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 , strongswanNM
 , gtk3
 , gtk4
-, gnome
 , libsecret
 , libnma
 , libnma-gtk4
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-mdns/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-mdns/default.nix
index f2af99a922fd..9c1bb43a6732 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-mdns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/nss-mdns/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ fetchurl, lib, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, stdenv, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ lib, autoreconfHook, pkg-config, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "nss-mdns";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openconnect/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openconnect/default.nix
index 0da1cb1866a2..778aea8354eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openconnect/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openconnect/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage, fetchFromGitLab, fetchurl, darwin }:
+{ callPackage, fetchurl, darwin }:
 let
   common = opts: callPackage (import ./common.nix opts) {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) PCSC;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
index 28bcba68a156..f3028573c05c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/common.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # package without splicing See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/107606
 , pkgs
 , fetchurl
-, fetchpatch
 , zlib
 , openssl
 , libedit
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@
 , linkOpenssl ? true
 }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   inherit pname version src;
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
index d202ac446ba8..ba0ce50d3fba 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openssh/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook }:
+{ callPackage, lib, fetchurl, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook }:
 let
   common = opts: callPackage (import ./common.nix opts) { };
 in
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openvpn/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openvpn/default.nix
index 0ef5076eaf99..87cbd6881e27 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/openvpn/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openvpn/default.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 , useSystemd ? lib.meta.availableOn stdenv.hostPlatform systemd
 , systemd
 , update-systemd-resolved
-, util-linux
 , pkcs11Support ? false
 , pkcs11helper
 }:
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/amule/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/amule/default.nix
index ff8ecc385cdb..6d4950b40fca 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/amule/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/amule/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 , boost # Not using boost leads to crashes with gtk3
 , gettext
 , libpng
-, autoreconfHook
 , pkg-config
 , makeWrapper
 , libX11
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/gtk-gnutella/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/gtk-gnutella/default.nix
index 3c9a6e723327..16eaf0d14e97 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/gtk-gnutella/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/p2p/gtk-gnutella/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 { lib, stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
-, fetchpatch
 , bison
 , pkg-config
 , gettext
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@
 , libxml2
 , libbfd
 , zlib
-, binutils
 , gnutls
 , enableGui ? true
 }:
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     zlib
   ]
   ++
-    lib.optionals (enableGui) [ gtk2 ]
+    lib.optionals enableGui [ gtk2 ]
   ;
 
   configureScript = "./build.sh";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/persepolis/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/persepolis/default.nix
index f8e5e33eb465..ed449ecb992f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/persepolis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/persepolis/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper
+{ lib, buildPythonApplication, fetchFromGitHub
 , aria
 , libnotify
 , pulseaudio
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/ppp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/ppp/default.nix
index 535545f42bc2..20e59167699b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/ppp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/ppp/default.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 , openssl
 , bash
 , nixosTests
-, writeTextDir
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/rconc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/rconc/default.nix
index 53fc4d0b5aa0..613c4a8a31b0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/rconc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/rconc/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, pkgs }:
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   version = "0.1.4";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/shorewall/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/shorewall/default.nix
index 0c9e515ce094..79fd1c17a492 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/shorewall/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/shorewall/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 , perl
 , perlPackages
 , lib, stdenv
-, tree
 , util-linux
 }:
 let
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/swagger-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/swagger-cli/default.nix
index 9c9145f327fd..5a20ce93cc7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/swagger-cli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/swagger-cli/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , buildNpmPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
 }:
 
 buildNpmPackage rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/telepresence/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/telepresence/default.nix
index 090357fa6e61..4866cfea41ee 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/telepresence/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/telepresence/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, pythonPackages, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, git
+{ lib, pythonPackages, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper
 , sshfs-fuse, torsocks, sshuttle, conntrack-tools , openssh, coreutils
 , iptables, bash }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/tgt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/tgt/default.nix
index 0b4e75879caa..6a7c65756a08 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/tgt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/tgt/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, libxslt, libaio, systemd, perl
-, docbook_xsl, coreutils, lsof, rdma-core, makeWrapper, sg3_utils, util-linux
+, docbook_xsl, coreutils, lsof, makeWrapper, sg3_utils
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
index 24f96e63d799..f15f398dc7db 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/tinc/pre.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, autoreconfHook, texinfo, ncurses, readline, zlib, lzo, openssl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, texinfo, ncurses, readline, zlib, lzo, openssl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "tinc";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/transmission-rss/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/transmission-rss/default.nix
index 50056c3ebdbc..095ccfb91a5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/transmission-rss/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/transmission-rss/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, pkg-config, openssl }:
+{ lib, rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, openssl }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   version = "0.3.1";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/trurl/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/trurl/default.nix
index dea517a67d3c..3b5139873209 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/trurl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/trurl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, curl, python3, python3Packages, trurl, testers }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, curl, python3, trurl, testers }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "trurl";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/userhosts/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/userhosts/default.nix
index 6cec402638a1..10bfbd650aa7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/userhosts/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/userhosts/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, pkg-config, ncurses, libnl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "userhosts";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/vpnc/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/vpnc/default.nix
index f9507cf459c7..d5fd324719b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/vpnc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/vpnc/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
 , makeWrapper, pkg-config, perl
-, gawk, gnutls, libgcrypt, openresolv, vpnc-scripts
+, gnutls, libgcrypt, vpnc-scripts
 , opensslSupport ? false, openssl # Distributing this is a GPL violation.
 }:
 
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/wg-netmanager/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/wg-netmanager/default.nix
index 15dc7b163b57..2f74cd86e736 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/wg-netmanager/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/wg-netmanager/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, darwin, wireguard-go, Security }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, rustPlatform, Security }:
 
 rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
   pname = "wg-netmanager";
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/wtfis/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/wtfis/default.nix
index 06c321d99d6e..ba6175f59b33 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/wtfis/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/wtfis/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { lib
-, stdenv
-, fetchFromGitHub
 , python3
+, fetchFromGitHub
 }:
 
 let
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/xrootd/fetchxrd.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/xrootd/fetchxrd.nix
index b7a77f80549b..2d197f8504fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/xrootd/fetchxrd.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/xrootd/fetchxrd.nix
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
       echo "xrdcp failed trying to download any of the urls" >&2
       exit $ret
     fi
-  '').overrideAttrs (finalAttrs: prevAttrs:
+  '').overrideAttrs (finalAttrs:
 if (pname != "" && version != "") then {
   inherit pname version;
-  name = with finalAttrs; "${pname}-${version}";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
 } else {
   name = if (name != "") then name else (baseNameOf finalAttrs.url);
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/zrok/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/zrok/default.nix
index 41ae21b24c8b..bbd5c2dc260b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/zrok/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/zrok/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, lib, fetchzip, patchelf }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip }:
 
 let
   inherit (stdenv.hostPlatform) system;