diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/nim.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/nim.section.md
index c6ebf49b83f6..c9e5c51e530e 100644
--- a/doc/languages-frameworks/nim.section.md
+++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/nim.section.md
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ For example, to propagate a dependency on SDL2 for lockfiles that select the Nim
   /* … */
   sdl2 =
     lockAttrs:
-    finalAttrs:
     { buildInputs ? [ ], ... }:
     {
       buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ SDL2 ];
@@ -89,9 +88,8 @@ For example, to propagate a dependency on SDL2 for lockfiles that select the Nim
 }
 ```
 
-The annotations in the `nim-overrides.nix` set are functions that take three arguments and return a new attrset to be overlayed on the package being built.
+The annotations in the `nim-overrides.nix` set are functions that take two arguments and return a new attrset to be overlayed on the package being built.
 - lockAttrs: the attrset for this library from within a lockfile. This can be used to implement library version constraints, such as marking libraries as broken or insecure.
-- finalAttrs: the final attrset passed by `buildNimPackage` to `stdenv.mkDerivation`.
 - prevAttrs: the attrset produced by initial arguments to `buildNimPackage` and any preceding lockfile overlays.
 
 ### Overriding an Nim library override {#nim-lock-overrides-overrides}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/nim/build-nim-package.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/nim/build-nim-package.nix
index a22fb45b507b..2bff3bf8cc85 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/nim/build-nim-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/nim/build-nim-package.nix
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ let
     let fod = methods.${method} attrs;
     in ''--path:"${fod.outPath}/${attrs.srcDir}"'';
 
-  callAnnotations = { packages, ... }@lockAttrs:
-    map (packageName: nimOverrides.${packageName} or (_: [ ]) lockAttrs)
-      packages;
-
   asFunc = x: if builtins.isFunction x then x else (_: x);
 
 in
@@ -79,12 +75,17 @@ let
 
       lockFileNimFlags = map fodFromLockEntry lockDepends;
 
-      annotationOverlays = lib.lists.flatten (map callAnnotations lockDepends);
-
-      postLock = builtins.foldl'
-        (prevAttrs: overlay: prevAttrs // (overlay finalAttrs prevAttrs))
-        postPkg
-        annotationOverlays;
+      postNimOverrides = builtins.foldl' (
+        prevAttrs:
+        { packages, ... }@lockAttrs:
+        builtins.foldl' (
+          prevAttrs: name:
+          if (builtins.hasAttr name nimOverrides) then
+            (prevAttrs // (nimOverrides.${name} lockAttrs prevAttrs))
+          else
+            prevAttrs
+        ) prevAttrs packages
+      ) postPkg lockDepends;
 
       finalOverride =
         { depsBuildBuild ? [ ]
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ let
           };
         };
 
-      attrs = postLock // finalOverride postLock;
+      attrs = postNimOverrides // finalOverride postNimOverrides;
     in
     lib.trivial.warnIf (builtins.hasAttr "nimBinOnly" attrs)
       "the nimBinOnly attribute is deprecated for buildNimPackage"
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/nim-overrides.nix b/pkgs/top-level/nim-overrides.nix
index 34db79a6a4ea..61717562e89e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/nim-overrides.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/nim-overrides.nix
@@ -11,22 +11,21 @@
 , xorg
 }:
 
-# The following is list of overrides that take three arguments each:
+# The following is list of overrides that take two arguments each:
 # - lockAttrs: - an attrset from a Nim lockfile, use this for making constraints on the locked library
-# - finalAttrs: - final arguments to the depender package
 # - prevAttrs: - preceding arguments to the depender package
 {
-  jester = lockAttrs: finalAttrs:
+  jester = lockAttrs:
     { buildInputs ? [ ], ... }: {
       buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ openssl ];
     };
 
-  hts = lockAttrs: finalAttrs:
+  hts = lockAttrs:
     { buildInputs ? [ ], ... }: {
       buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ htslib ];
     };
 
-  getdns = lockAttrs: finalAttrs:
+  getdns = lockAttrs:
     { nativeBuildInputs ? [ ], buildInputs ? [ ], ... }: {
       nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs ++ [ pkg-config ];
       buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ getdns ];
@@ -38,35 +37,35 @@
       "the selected version of the hashlib Nim library is hardware specific"
       # https://github.com/khchen/hashlib/pull/4
       # remove when fixed upstream
-      (_: _: { });
+      (_: { });
 
-  nimraylib_now = lockAttrs: finalAttrs:
+  nimraylib_now = lockAttrs:
     { buildInputs ? [ ], ... }: {
       buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ raylib ];
     };
 
-  sass = lockAttrs: finalAttrs:
+  sass = lockAttrs:
     { buildInputs ? [ ], ... }: {
       buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ libsass ];
     };
 
-  sdl2 = lockAttrs: finalAttrs:
+  sdl2 = lockAttrs:
     { buildInputs ? [ ], ... }: {
       buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ SDL2 ];
     };
 
-  tkrzw = lockAttrs: finalAttrs:
+  tkrzw = lockAttrs:
     { nativeBuildInputs ? [ ], buildInputs ? [ ], ... }: {
       nativeBuildInputs = nativeBuildInputs ++ [ pkg-config ];
       buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ tkrzw ];
     };
 
-  x11 = lockAttrs: finalAttrs:
+  x11 = lockAttrs:
     { buildInputs ? [ ], ... }: {
       buildInputs = buildInputs ++ (with xorg; [ libX11 libXft libXinerama ]);
     };
 
-  zippy = lockAttrs: finalAttrs:
+  zippy = lockAttrs:
     { nimFlags ? [ ], ... }: {
       nimFlags = nimFlags ++ lib.optionals stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 [
         "--passC:-msse4.1"