diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-sdk-cpp/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-sdk-cpp/package.nix
index d49d199b2203d..d17b9b16ae361 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-sdk-cpp/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/aw/aws-sdk-cpp/package.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
   apis ? [ "*" ],
   # Whether to enable AWS' custom memory management.
   customMemoryManagement ? true,
+  # Builds in 2+h with 2 cores, and ~10m with a big-parallel builder.
+  requiredSystemFeatures ? [ "big-parallel" ],
 }:
 
 let
@@ -116,8 +118,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   __darwinAllowLocalNetworking = true;
 
-  # Builds in 2+h with 2 cores, and ~10m with a big-parallel builder.
-  requiredSystemFeatures = [ "big-parallel" ];
+  inherit requiredSystemFeatures;
 
   passthru = {
     tests = {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bo/boehmgc/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bo/boehmgc/package.nix
index 69bc48b1c852a..5755e462fad4f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bo/boehmgc/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bo/boehmgc/package.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,19 @@
   stdenv,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   autoreconfHook,
-  # doc: https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/blob/v8.2.8/doc/README.macros (LARGE_CONFIG)
+  # doc: https://github.com/bdwgc/bdwgc/blob/v8.2.8/doc/README.macros (LARGE_CONFIG)
   enableLargeConfig ? false,
   enableMmap ? true,
   enableStatic ? false,
+  # Allows derivation users to increase the initial mark stack size to avoid stack overflows,
+  # since these inhibit parallel marking (see `GC_mark_some()` in `mark.c`.)
+  #
+  # Run Nix with the `GC_PRINT_STATS=1` environment set to check if the mark stack is too small.
+  # Look for messages such as `Mark stack overflow`, `No room to copy back mark stack`, and
+  # `Grew mark stack to ... frames`.
+  #
+  # If this parameter is set to `null`, the default from upstream is used, which is 4096 as of 8.2.8
+  initialMarkStackSize ? null,
   nixVersions,
 }:
 
@@ -15,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   version = "8.2.8";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "ivmai";
+    owner = "bdwgc";
     repo = "bdwgc";
     rev = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
     hash = "sha256-UQSLK/05uPal6/m+HMz0QwXVII1leonlmtSZsXjJ+/c=";
@@ -40,18 +49,32 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ++ lib.optional enableMmap "--enable-mmap"
   ++ lib.optional enableLargeConfig "--enable-large-config";
 
-  # This stanza can be dropped when a release fixes this issue:
-  #   https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/376
-  # The version is checked with == instead of versionAtLeast so we
-  # don't forget to disable the fix (and if the next release does
-  # not fix the problem the test failure will be a reminder to
-  # extend the set of versions requiring the workaround).
-  makeFlags = lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.isPower64 && finalAttrs.version == "8.2.8") [
-    # do not use /proc primitives to track dirty bits; see:
-    # https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/issues/479#issuecomment-1279687537
-    # https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/blob/54522af853de28f45195044dadfd795c4e5942aa/include/private/gcconfig.h#L741
-    "CFLAGS_EXTRA=-DNO_SOFT_VDB"
-  ];
+  makeFlags =
+    let
+      defineFlag = flag: "-D${flag}";
+
+      # This stanza can be dropped when a release fixes this issue:
+      #   https://github.com/bdwgc/bdwgc/issues/376
+      # The version is checked with == instead of versionAtLeast so we
+      # don't forget to disable the fix (and if the next release does
+      # not fix the problem the test failure will be a reminder to
+      # extend the set of versions requiring the workaround).
+      noSoftVDB = lib.optional (stdenv.hostPlatform.isPower64 && finalAttrs.version == "8.2.8") (
+        # do not use /proc primitives to track dirty bits; see:
+        # https://github.com/bdwgc/bdwgc/issues/479#issuecomment-1279687537
+        # https://github.com/bdwgc/bdwgc/blob/54522af853de28f45195044dadfd795c4e5942aa/include/private/gcconfig.h#L741
+        "NO_SOFT_VDB"
+      );
+
+      initialMarkStackSizeFlag = lib.optionals (initialMarkStackSize != null) [
+        "INITIAL_MARK_STACK_SIZE=${toString initialMarkStackSize}"
+      ];
+
+      cflagsExtra = noSoftVDB ++ initialMarkStackSizeFlag;
+    in
+    lib.optionals (cflagsExtra != [ ]) [
+      "CFLAGS_EXTRA=${lib.concatMapStringsSep " " defineFlag cflagsExtra}"
+    ];
 
   # OpenBSD patches lld (!!!!) to inject this symbol into every linker invocation.
   # We are obviously not doing that.
@@ -91,7 +114,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       Alternatively, the garbage collector may be used as a leak detector for
       C or C++ programs, though that is not its primary goal.
     '';
-    changelog = "https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/blob/v${finalAttrs.version}/ChangeLog";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/bdwgc/bdwgc/blob/v${finalAttrs.version}/ChangeLog";
     license = "https://hboehm.info/gc/license.txt"; # non-copyleft, X11-style license
     maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
     platforms = lib.platforms.all;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/dependencies.nix b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/dependencies.nix
index 82f844f828874..ed5a63ce3ecfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/dependencies.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/package-management/nix/dependencies.nix
@@ -8,32 +8,31 @@ regular@{
 
 {
   scopeFunction = scope: {
-    boehmgc =
-      (regular.boehmgc.override {
-        enableLargeConfig = true;
-      }).overrideAttrs
-        (attrs: {
-          # Increase the initial mark stack size to avoid stack
-          # overflows, since these inhibit parallel marking (see
-          # GC_mark_some()). To check whether the mark stack is too
-          # small, run Nix with GC_PRINT_STATS=1 and look for messages
-          # such as `Mark stack overflow`, `No room to copy back mark
-          # stack`, and `Grew mark stack to ... frames`.
-          NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-DINITIAL_MARK_STACK_SIZE=1048576";
-        });
+    boehmgc = regular.boehmgc.override {
+      enableLargeConfig = true;
 
-    aws-sdk-cpp =
-      (regular.aws-sdk-cpp.override {
-        apis = [
-          "identity-management"
-          "s3"
-          "transfer"
-        ];
-        customMemoryManagement = false;
-      }).overrideAttrs
-        {
-          # only a stripped down version is build which takes a lot less resources to build
-          requiredSystemFeatures = [ ];
-        };
+      # Increase the initial mark stack size to avoid stack overflows, since these inhibit parallel
+      # marking (see `GC_mark_some()` in `mark.c`).
+      #
+      # Run Nix with `GC_PRINT_STATS=1` set to see if the mark stack is too small.
+      # Look for messages such as `Mark stack overflow`, `No room to copy back mark stack`, and
+      # `Grew mark stack to ... frames`.
+      initialMarkStackSize = 1048576;
+    };
+
+    aws-sdk-cpp = regular.aws-sdk-cpp.override {
+      # Nix only needs these AWS APIs.
+      apis = [
+        "identity-management"
+        "s3"
+        "transfer"
+      ];
+
+      # Don't use AWS' custom memory management.
+      customMemoryManagement = false;
+
+      # only a stripped down version is built which takes a lot less resources to build
+      requiredSystemFeatures = [ ];
+    };
   };
 }