diff --git a/lib/lists.nix b/lib/lists.nix
index b612bc16697e..05216c1a66eb 100644
--- a/lib/lists.nix
+++ b/lib/lists.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ let
   inherit (lib.strings) toInt;
   inherit (lib.trivial) compare min id warn;
   inherit (lib.attrsets) mapAttrs;
-  inherit (lib.lists) sort;
 in
 rec {
 
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ rec {
        concatMap (x: [x] ++ ["z"]) ["a" "b"]
        => [ "a" "z" "b" "z" ]
   */
-  concatMap = builtins.concatMap or (f: list: concatLists (map f list));
+  concatMap = builtins.concatMap;
 
   /* Flatten the argument into a single list; that is, nested lists are
      spliced into the top-level lists.
@@ -316,7 +315,7 @@ rec {
        any isString [ 1 { } ]
        => false
   */
-  any = builtins.any or (pred: foldr (x: y: if pred x then true else y) false);
+  any = builtins.any;
 
   /* Return true if function `pred` returns true for all elements of
      `list`.
@@ -329,7 +328,7 @@ rec {
        all (x: x < 3) [ 1 2 3 ]
        => false
   */
-  all = builtins.all or (pred: foldr (x: y: if pred x then y else false) true);
+  all = builtins.all;
 
   /* Count how many elements of `list` match the supplied predicate
      function.
@@ -428,12 +427,7 @@ rec {
        partition (x: x > 2) [ 5 1 2 3 4 ]
        => { right = [ 5 3 4 ]; wrong = [ 1 2 ]; }
   */
-  partition = builtins.partition or (pred:
-    foldr (h: t:
-      if pred h
-      then { right = [h] ++ t.right; wrong = t.wrong; }
-      else { right = t.right; wrong = [h] ++ t.wrong; }
-    ) { right = []; wrong = []; });
+  partition = builtins.partition;
 
   /* Splits the elements of a list into many lists, using the return value of a predicate.
      Predicate should return a string which becomes keys of attrset `groupBy` returns.
@@ -602,22 +596,7 @@ rec {
      Type:
        sort :: (a -> a -> Bool) -> [a] -> [a]
   */
-  sort = builtins.sort or (
-    strictLess: list:
-    let
-      len = length list;
-      first = head list;
-      pivot' = n: acc@{ left, right }: let el = elemAt list n; next = pivot' (n + 1); in
-        if n == len
-          then acc
-        else if strictLess first el
-          then next { inherit left; right = [ el ] ++ right; }
-        else
-          next { left = [ el ] ++ left; inherit right; };
-      pivot = pivot' 1 { left = []; right = []; };
-    in
-      if len < 2 then list
-      else (sort strictLess pivot.left) ++  [ first ] ++  (sort strictLess pivot.right));
+  sort = builtins.sort;
 
   /*
     Sort a list based on the default comparison of a derived property `b`.