diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/webmacs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/webmacs/default.nix
index 737affc42bb95..a3816002a53b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/webmacs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/webmacs/default.nix
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
   herbstluftwm,
 }:
 
-mkDerivationWith python3Packages.buildPythonApplication rec {
-  inherit stdenv;
-
+mkDerivationWith (python3Packages.buildPythonApplication.override { inherit stdenv; }) rec {
   pname = "webmacs";
   version = "0.8";
   format = "setuptools";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/xp/xpra/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/xp/xpra/package.nix
index fd921eb409239..b2344e9477aa1 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/xp/xpra/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/xp/xpra/package.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   withHtml ? true,
   xpra-html5,
   udevCheckHook,
-}@args:
+}:
 
 let
   inherit (python3.pkgs) cython buildPythonApplication;
@@ -86,14 +86,15 @@ let
     mkdir -p $out/include $out/lib/pkgconfig
     substituteAll ${cudaPackages.libnvjpeg.dev}/share/pkgconfig/nvjpeg.pc $out/lib/pkgconfig/nvjpeg.pc
   '';
+  effectiveBuildPythonApplication = buildPythonApplication.override {
+    stdenv = if withNvenc then cudaPackages.backendStdenv else stdenv;
+  };
 in
-buildPythonApplication rec {
+effectiveBuildPythonApplication rec {
   pname = "xpra";
   version = "6.3.6";
   format = "setuptools";
 
-  stdenv = if withNvenc then cudaPackages.backendStdenv else args.stdenv;
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "Xpra-org";
     repo = "xpra";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cupy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cupy/default.nix
index ea7b4743f04cb..5989a29032223 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/cupy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/cupy/default.nix
@@ -49,13 +49,11 @@ let
       outpaths ++ lib.concatMap (outpath: lib.map (output: outpath.${output}) outpath.outputs) outpaths;
   };
 in
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage.override { stdenv = cudaPackages.backendStdenv; } rec {
   pname = "cupy";
   version = "13.6.0";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  stdenv = cudaPackages.backendStdenv;
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "cupy";
     repo = "cupy";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dlib/default.nix
index d8b863ade3f82..5868705f11270 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/dlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/dlib/default.nix
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
   more-itertools,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage.override { inherit (dlib) stdenv; } {
   inherit (dlib)
-    stdenv
     pname
     version
     src
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/llama-cpp-python/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/llama-cpp-python/default.nix
index 08597d833e768..de5ed9fa0f17c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/llama-cpp-python/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/llama-cpp-python/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 let
   stdenvTarget = if cudaSupport then gcc13Stdenv else stdenv;
 in
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage.override { stdenv = stdenvTarget; } rec {
   pname = "llama-cpp-python";
   version = "0.3.16";
   pyproject = true;
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     ]
   );
 
-  stdenv = stdenvTarget;
-
   dependencies = [
     diskcache
     jinja2
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openusd/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openusd/default.nix
index 0354d1c923a60..7b7a8cf091682 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/openusd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/openusd/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
   python,
   qt6,
   setuptools,
+  stdenv,
   onetbb,
   withDocs ? false,
   withOsl ? true,
@@ -61,8 +62,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     hash = "sha256-gxikEC4MqTkhgYaRsCVYtS/VmXClSaCMdzpQ0LmiR7Q=";
   };
 
-  stdenv = python.stdenv;
-
   outputs = [ "out" ] ++ lib.optional withDocs "doc";
 
   patches = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/psutil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/psutil/default.nix
index dac2afcd346fc..d708785cc22dd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/psutil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/psutil/default.nix
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   version = "7.1.2";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  inherit stdenv;
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "giampaolo";
     repo = "psutil";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mapnik/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mapnik/default.nix
index 5a37c6cc8d32a..8c5874ea7f190 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mapnik/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python-mapnik/default.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   replaceVars,
   isPyPy,
   python,
+  stdenv,
   setuptools,
   pillow,
   pycairo,
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
   pybind11,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage {
   pname = "python-mapnik";
   version = "4.1.3.unstable-2025-09-25";
   pyproject = true;
@@ -49,8 +50,6 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  stdenv = python.stdenv;
-
   build-system = [ setuptools ];
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchaudio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchaudio/default.nix
index 1b22d4efdf598..afea38e2ab987 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchaudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchaudio/default.nix
@@ -74,14 +74,13 @@ let
     else
       throw "No GPU targets specified"
   );
+  stdenv = torch.stdenv;
 in
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage.override { inherit stdenv; } rec {
   pname = "torchaudio";
   version = "2.9.1";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  stdenv = torch.stdenv;
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pytorch";
     repo = "audio";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchvision/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchvision/default.nix
index c13be8dfb5239..ce38cc74401cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchvision/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/torchvision/default.nix
@@ -30,12 +30,10 @@ let
   pname = "torchvision";
   version = "0.24.1";
 in
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage.override { stdenv = torch.stdenv; } {
   format = "setuptools";
   inherit pname version;
 
-  stdenv = torch.stdenv;
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "pytorch";
     repo = "vision";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/verilogae/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/verilogae/default.nix
index 2e159af68a701..a60e2498e9d02 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/verilogae/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/verilogae/default.nix
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@
   zlib,
 }:
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage.override { stdenv = llvmPackages.stdenv; } rec {
   pname = "verilogae";
   version = "24.0.0mob-unstable-2025-07-21";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  stdenv = llvmPackages.stdenv;
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "OpenVAF";
     repo = "OpenVAF-Reloaded";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vllm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vllm/default.nix
index fb030ed2665be..13f7ef169cb01 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/vllm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/vllm/default.nix
@@ -297,13 +297,11 @@ let
 
 in
 
-buildPythonPackage rec {
+buildPythonPackage.override { stdenv = torch.stdenv; } rec {
   pname = "vllm";
   version = "0.11.2";
   pyproject = true;
 
-  stdenv = torch.stdenv;
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "vllm-project";
     repo = "vllm";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/warp-lang/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/warp-lang/default.nix
index 414d62197acea..7e4a0a7e41ee3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/warp-lang/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/warp-lang/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ let
 
   libmathdx = callPackage ./libmathdx.nix { };
 in
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage.override { stdenv = effectiveStdenv; } {
   pname = "warp-lang";
   inherit version;
   pyproject = true;
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ buildPythonPackage {
   # provided by NVCC.
   __structuredAttrs = true;
 
-  stdenv = effectiveStdenv;
-
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "NVIDIA";
     repo = "warp";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xformers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xformers/default.nix
index a39f5154cf3df..8054520520d97 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xformers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xformers/default.nix
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ let
   # version 0.0.32.post2 was confirmed to break CUDA.
   # Remove this note once the latest published revision "just works".
   version = "0.0.30";
+  effectiveStdenv = if cudaSupport then cudaPackages.backendStdenv else stdenv;
 in
-buildPythonPackage {
+buildPythonPackage.override { stdenv = effectiveStdenv; } {
   pname = "xformers";
   inherit version;
   pyproject = true;
@@ -66,8 +67,6 @@ buildPythonPackage {
     TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST = "${lib.concatStringsSep ";" torch.cudaCapabilities}";
   };
 
-  stdenv = if cudaSupport then cudaPackages.backendStdenv else stdenv;
-
   buildInputs =
     lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin openmp
     ++ lib.optionals cudaSupport (
diff --git a/pkgs/test/overriding.nix b/pkgs/test/overriding.nix
index 262f33bc18a1f..4c9677cbe0ca2 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/overriding.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/overriding.nix
@@ -348,20 +348,6 @@ let
         expr = package-stub-libcxx.stdenv;
         expected = pkgs.libcxxStdenv;
       };
-      overridePythonAttrs-stdenv-deprecated = {
-        expr =
-          (package-stub.overridePythonAttrs (_: {
-            stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv;
-          })).stdenv;
-        expected = pkgs.clangStdenv;
-      };
-      overridePythonAttrs-override-clangStdenv-deprecated-nested = {
-        expr =
-          (package-stub-gcc.overridePythonAttrs {
-            stdenv = pkgs.clangStdenv;
-          }).stdenv;
-        expected = pkgs.clangStdenv;
-      };
 
       overridePythonAttrs = {
         expr = (applyOverridePythonAttrs package-stub).overridePythonAttrsFlag;