diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim-configurable.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim-configurable.nix
index 5c436307897f..cca5d06ba90a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim-configurable.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/vim/macvim-configurable.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 { lib, stdenv, callPackage, vimUtils, buildEnv, makeWrapper }:
 
 let
-  macvim = callPackage ./macvim.nix { inherit stdenv; };
-
   makeCustomizable = macvim: macvim // {
     # configure expects the same args as vimUtils.vimrcFile.
     # This is the same as the value given to neovim.override { configure = … }
@@ -62,5 +60,4 @@ let
     override = f: makeCustomizable (macvim.override f);
     overrideAttrs = f: makeCustomizable (macvim.overrideAttrs f);
   };
-in
-  makeCustomizable macvim
+in { inherit makeCustomizable; }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 84826faa30c9..4bcc633480b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -35086,7 +35086,11 @@ with pkgs;
 
   vimiv-qt = callPackage ../applications/graphics/vimiv-qt { };
 
-  macvim = callPackage ../applications/editors/vim/macvim-configurable.nix { stdenv = clangStdenv; };
+  macvim = let
+    macvimUtils = callPackage ../applications/editors/vim/macvim-configurable.nix { };
+  in macvimUtils.makeCustomizable (callPackage ../applications/editors/vim/macvim.nix {
+    stdenv = clangStdenv;
+  });
 
   vim-full = vimUtils.makeCustomizable (callPackage ../applications/editors/vim/full.nix {
     inherit (darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices Cocoa Foundation CoreData;