diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/database/apgdiff/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/database/apgdiff/default.nix
index 016259f0bbb4c..d96e3dbd99d04 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/database/apgdiff/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/database/apgdiff/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     homepage = "https://apgdiff.com";
     license = licenses.mit;
     inherit (jre.meta) platforms;
-    sourceProvenance = sourceTypes.binaryBytecode;
+    sourceProvenance = [ sourceTypes.binaryBytecode ];
     maintainers = [ maintainers.misterio77 ];
   };
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/games/itch/default.nix b/pkgs/games/itch/default.nix
index 5776a1b43b2b0..ca0a04a8492d1 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/itch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/itch/default.nix
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://github.com/itchio/itch";
     license = licenses.mit;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
-    sourceProvenance = lib.sourceTypes.binaryBytecode;
+    sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.binaryBytecode ];
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ pasqui23 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/onlyoffice-documentserver/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/onlyoffice-documentserver/default.nix
index 179257f67e37b..51417fce2666e 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/onlyoffice-documentserver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/onlyoffice-documentserver/default.nix
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ let
       homepage = "ONLYOFFICE Document Server is an online office suite comprising viewers and editors";
       license = licenses.agpl3;
       platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
-      sourceProvenance = sourceTypes.binaryNativeCode;
+      sourceProvenance = [ sourceTypes.binaryNativeCode ];
       maintainers = with maintainers; [ SuperSandro2000 ];
     };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
index 83557f995af34..da2e9b135f2e3 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@ let
 
   hasNonSourceProvenance = attrs:
     (attrs ? meta.sourceProvenance) &&
-    isNonSource (lib.lists.toList attrs.meta.sourceProvenance);
+    isNonSource attrs.meta.sourceProvenance;
 
   # Allow granular checks to allow only some non-source-built packages
   # Example:
   # { pkgs, ... }:
   # {
   #   allowNonSource = false;
-  #   allowNonSourcePredicate = with pkgs.lib.lists; pkg: !(any (p: !p.isSource && p != lib.sourceTypes.binaryFirmware) (toList pkg.meta.sourceProvenance));
+  #   allowNonSourcePredicate = with pkgs.lib.lists; pkg: !(any (p: !p.isSource && p != lib.sourceTypes.binaryFirmware) pkg.meta.sourceProvenance);
   # }
   allowNonSourcePredicate = config.allowNonSourcePredicate or (x: false);
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ let
     license = let
       licenseType = either (attrsOf anything) str; # TODO disallow `str` licenses, use a module
     in either licenseType (listOf licenseType);
-    sourceProvenance = either (listOf (attrsOf anything)) (attrsOf anything);
+    sourceProvenance = listOf lib.types.attrs;
     maintainers = listOf (attrsOf anything); # TODO use the maintainer type from lib/tests/maintainer-module.nix
     priority = int;
     platforms = listOf str;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/pulumi/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/admin/pulumi/default.nix
index ddfbfee6107f7..e95a265ebd6f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/pulumi/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/pulumi/default.nix
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     homepage = "https://pulumi.io/";
     description = "Pulumi is a cloud development platform that makes creating cloud programs easy and productive";
-    sourceProvenance = sourceTypes.fromSource;
+    sourceProvenance = [ sourceTypes.fromSource ];
     license = licenses.asl20;
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [