nixos-remove-pkgs-eval-config

file.patch

diff --git a/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix b/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix
index 81a5ea1750d..8346bb4a132 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix
+++ b/nixos/lib/eval-config.nix
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ evalConfigArgs@
   #     however, removing or changing this default is too much
   #     of a breaking change. To set it modularly, pass `null`.
   system ? builtins.currentSystem
-, # !!! is this argument needed any more? The pkgs argument can
-  # be set modularly anyway.
-  pkgs ? null
 , # !!! what do we gain by making this configurable?
   #     we can add modules that are included in specialisations, regardless
   #     of inheritParentConfig.
@@ -34,9 +31,6 @@ evalConfigArgs@
                  in lib.optional (e != "") (import e)
 }:
 
-let pkgs_ = pkgs;
-in
-
 let
   inherit (lib) optional;
 
@@ -57,16 +51,13 @@ let
         # they way through, but has the last priority behind everything else.
         nixpkgs.system = lib.mkDefault system;
       })
-      ++
-      (optional (pkgs_ != null) {
-        _module.args.pkgs = lib.mkForce pkgs_;
-      })
     );
   };
 
   withWarnings = x:
     lib.warnIf (evalConfigArgs?extraArgs) "The extraArgs argument to eval-config.nix is deprecated. Please set config._module.args instead."
     lib.warnIf (evalConfigArgs?check) "The check argument to eval-config.nix is deprecated. Please set config._module.check instead."
+    lib.warnIf (evalConfigArgs?pkgs) "The pkgs argument to eval-config.nix is deprecated. Please set config._module.pkgs instead."
     x;
 
   legacyModules =