diff --git a/lib/customisation.nix b/lib/customisation.nix
index cb3a4b561151f..a7fbbaf0965e1 100644
--- a/lib/customisation.nix
+++ b/lib/customisation.nix
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ rec {
       };
   */
   callPackageWith = autoArgs: fn: args:
+    __callPackageWith { inherit autoArgs fn args; applyMakeOverridable = true; };
+
+  callPackageWithNoMkOverridable = autoArgs: fn: args:
+    __callPackageWith { inherit autoArgs fn args; applyMakeOverridable = false; };
+
+  __callPackageWith = { autoArgs, fn, args, applyMakeOverridable, }:
     let
       f = if lib.isFunction fn then fn else import fn;
       fargs = lib.functionArgs f;
@@ -176,19 +182,28 @@ rec {
       # Only show the error for the first missing argument
       error = errorForArg (lib.head missingArgs);
 
-    in if missingArgs == [] then makeOverridable f allArgs else throw error;
+    in if missingArgs == [] then (if applyMakeOverridable then makeOverridable f allArgs else f allArgs) else throw error;
 
 
   /* Like callPackage, but for a function that returns an attribute
      set of derivations. The override function is added to the
      individual attributes. */
   callPackagesWith = autoArgs: fn: args:
+    __callPackagesWith { inherit autoArgs fn args; applyMakeOverridable = true; };
+
+  callPackagesWithNoMkOverridable = autoArgs: fn: args:
+    __callPackagesWith { inherit autoArgs fn args; applyMakeOverridable = false; };
+
+  /* Like callPackage, but for a function that returns an attribute
+     set of derivations. The override function is added to the
+     individual attributes. */
+  __callPackagesWith = { autoArgs, fn, args, applyMakeOverridable, }:
     let
       f = if lib.isFunction fn then fn else import fn;
       auto = builtins.intersectAttrs (lib.functionArgs f) autoArgs;
       origArgs = auto // args;
       pkgs = f origArgs;
-      mkAttrOverridable = name: _: makeOverridable (newArgs: (f newArgs).${name}) origArgs;
+      mkAttrOverridable = name: _: if applyMakeOverridable then makeOverridable (newArgs: (f newArgs).${name}) origArgs else (newArgs: (f newArgs).${name}) origArgs;
     in
       if lib.isDerivation pkgs then throw
         ("function `callPackages` was called on a *single* derivation "
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 0424db36b2e99..c368d70da54c0 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ let
       noDepEntry fullDepEntry packEntry stringAfter;
     inherit (self.customisation) overrideDerivation makeOverridable
       callPackageWith callPackagesWith extendDerivation hydraJob
+      callPackageWithNoMkOverridable callPackagesWithNoMkOverridable
       makeScope makeScopeWithSplicing;
     inherit (self.derivations) lazyDerivation;
     inherit (self.meta) addMetaAttrs dontDistribute setName updateName
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/lib.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/lib.nix
index 2d93b28cda6ba..f4eeeb59d5621 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/lib.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
-{ __splicedPackages, lib }:
+{ callPackageNoMkOverridable, makeOverridable }:
 
-let
-  pkgs = __splicedPackages;
-in
-rec {
-
-  /* Similar to callPackageWith/callPackage, but without makeOverridable
-  */
-  callPackageWith = autoArgs: fn: args:
-    let
-      f = if pkgs.lib.isFunction fn then fn else import fn;
-      auto = builtins.intersectAttrs (lib.functionArgs f) autoArgs;
-    in f (auto // args);
-
-  callPackage = callPackageWith pkgs;
+{
 
   /* Uses generic-builder to evaluate provided drv containing OTP-version
   specific data.
@@ -31,10 +18,10 @@ rec {
   */
   callErlang = drv: args:
     let
-      builder = callPackage ../../development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix args;
+      builder = callPackageNoMkOverridable ../../development/interpreters/erlang/generic-builder.nix args;
     in
-      callPackage drv {
-        mkDerivation = pkgs.makeOverridable builder;
+      callPackageNoMkOverridable drv {
+        mkDerivation = makeOverridable builder;
       };
 
   /* Uses generic-builder to evaluate provided drv containing Elixir version
@@ -52,10 +39,10 @@ rec {
   */
   callElixir = drv: args:
     let
-      builder = callPackage ../interpreters/elixir/generic-builder.nix args;
+      builder = callPackageNoMkOverridable ../interpreters/elixir/generic-builder.nix args;
     in
-      callPackage drv {
-        mkDerivation = pkgs.makeOverridable builder;
+      callPackageNoMkOverridable drv {
+        mkDerivation = makeOverridable builder;
       };
 
   /* Uses generic-builder to evaluate provided drv containing Elixir version
@@ -73,10 +60,10 @@ rec {
   */
   callLFE = drv: args:
     let
-      builder = callPackage ../interpreters/lfe/generic-builder.nix args;
+      builder = callPackageNoMkOverridable ../interpreters/lfe/generic-builder.nix args;
     in
-      callPackage drv {
-        mkDerivation = pkgs.makeOverridable builder;
+      callPackageNoMkOverridable drv {
+        mkDerivation = makeOverridable builder;
       };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/splice.nix b/pkgs/top-level/splice.nix
index ce536aa1fd2f8..048a173105c44 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/splice.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/splice.nix
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ in
 
   newScope = extra: lib.callPackageWith (splicedPackagesWithXorg // extra);
 
+  callPackageNoMkOverridable = pkgs.newScopeNoMkOverridable { };
+
+  callPackagesNoMkOverridable = lib.callPackagesWithNoMkOverridable splicedPackagesWithXorg;
+
+  newScopeNoMkOverridable = extra: lib.callPackageWithNoMkOverridable (splicedPackagesWithXorg // extra);
+
   # prefill 2 fields of the function for convenience
   makeScopeWithSplicing = lib.makeScopeWithSplicing splicePackages pkgs.newScope;