diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/be/beatsabermodmanager/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/be/beatsabermodmanager/package.nix
index 42e1f738e470f7..051f11c519a9af 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/be/beatsabermodmanager/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/be/beatsabermodmanager/package.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
     fetchSubmodules = true; # It vendors BSIPA-Linux
   };
 
-  dotnet-sdk = with dotnetCorePackages; combinePackages [
-    sdk_7_0
-    sdk_6_0
-  ];
+  dotnet-sdk = dotnetCorePackages.sdk_7_0;
 
   dotnet-runtime = dotnetCorePackages.runtime_7_0;
 
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsautocomplete/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsautocomplete/package.nix
index b3560f9ab7ed26..031567b5a87f35 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsautocomplete/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/fs/fsautocomplete/package.nix
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ buildDotnetModule (finalAttrs: rec {
 
   dotnet-sdk =
     with dotnetCorePackages;
-    combinePackages [
-      sdk_6_0
-      sdk_7_0
-      sdk_8_0
-    ];
+    sdk_8_0
+    // {
+      inherit (sdk_6_0) packages targetPackages;
+    };
   dotnet-runtime = dotnetCorePackages.sdk_8_0;
 
   projectFile = "src/FsAutoComplete/FsAutoComplete.fsproj";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ga/garnet/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ga/garnet/package.nix
index e1850133807c3c..de661cd58ba639 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ga/garnet/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ga/garnet/package.nix
@@ -20,12 +20,7 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
   projectFile = "main/GarnetServer/GarnetServer.csproj";
   nugetDeps = ./deps.nix;
 
-  dotnet-sdk =
-    with dotnetCorePackages;
-    combinePackages [
-      sdk_6_0
-      sdk_8_0
-    ];
+  dotnet-sdk = dotnetCorePackages.sdk_8_0;
   dotnet-runtime = dotnetCorePackages.runtime_8_0;
 
   dotnetBuildFlags = [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/na/naps2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/na/naps2/package.nix
index 93161f889efd81..ad5241cf2ee8e8 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/na/naps2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/na/naps2/package.nix
@@ -26,7 +26,19 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
 
   executables = [ "naps2" ];
 
-  dotnet-sdk = with dotnetCorePackages; combinePackages [ sdk_6_0 sdk_8_0 ];
+  dotnet-sdk =
+    with dotnetCorePackages;
+    sdk_8_0
+    // {
+      inherit
+        (combinePackages [
+          sdk_8_0
+          sdk_6_0
+        ])
+        packages
+        targetPackages
+        ;
+    };
   dotnet-runtime = dotnetCorePackages.runtime_8_0;
   selfContainedBuild = true;
   runtimeDeps = [
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn-ls/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn-ls/package.nix
index 31dd4eed276fba..584993f7791262 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn-ls/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ro/roslyn-ls/package.nix
@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ let
   pname = "roslyn-ls";
   dotnet-sdk =
     with dotnetCorePackages;
-    combinePackages [
-      sdk_6_0
-      sdk_7_0
-      sdk_8_0
-      sdk_9_0
-    ];
+    sdk_9_0
+    // {
+      inherit
+        (combinePackages [
+          sdk_8_0
+          sdk_7_0
+          sdk_6_0
+        ])
+        packages
+        targetPackages
+        ;
+    };
   # need sdk on runtime as well
   dotnet-runtime = dotnetCorePackages.sdk_9_0;
   rid = dotnetCorePackages.systemToDotnetRid stdenvNoCC.targetPlatform.system;
diff --git a/pkgs/games/space-station-14-launcher/space-station-14-launcher.nix b/pkgs/games/space-station-14-launcher/space-station-14-launcher.nix
index 9ad8c3b335f606..704c706d0706fb 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/space-station-14-launcher/space-station-14-launcher.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/space-station-14-launcher/space-station-14-launcher.nix
@@ -56,7 +56,12 @@ buildDotnetModule rec {
   };
 
   # SDK 6.0 required for Robust.LoaderApi
-  dotnet-sdk = with dotnetCorePackages; combinePackages [ sdk_8_0 sdk_6_0 ];
+  dotnet-sdk =
+    with dotnetCorePackages;
+    sdk_8_0
+    // {
+      inherit (sdk_8_0) packages targetPackages;
+    };
   dotnet-runtime = dotnetCorePackages.runtime_8_0;
 
   dotnetFlags = [