diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/build-vim-plugin.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/build-vim-plugin.nix
index 605819729bb7c..b746e186644e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/build-vim-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/plugins/build-vim-plugin.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     , ...
     }@attrs:
     let
-      drv = stdenv.mkDerivation (self: attrs // {
+      drv = stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
         name = lib.warnIf (attrs ? vimprefix) "The 'vimprefix' is now hardcoded in toVimPlugin" name;
 
         __structuredAttrs = true;