diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
index 374163fa5673..c6d0839e9682 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/octave-packages.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@
 , octave
 }:
 
-with lib;
+let
+  inherit (lib)
+    catAttrs
+    concatLists
+    filter
+    makeScope
+    unique
+    ;
+in
 
 makeScope newScope (self:
   let