diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/10_x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/10_x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b1fe1611301ff..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/10_x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit }:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "nv-codec-headers";
-  version = "10.0.26.2";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git";
-    rev = "n${version}";
-    sha256 = "0n5jlwjfv5irx1if1g0n52m279bw7ab6bd3jz2v4vwg9cdzbxx85";
-  };
-
-  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "FFmpeg version of headers for NVENC";
-    homepage = "https://ffmpeg.org/";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.MP2E ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/11_x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/11_x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index fba333ff6dbe6..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/11_x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
-, fetchgit
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "nv-codec-headers";
-  version = "11.1.5.2";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git";
-    rev = "n${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-KzaqwpzISHB7tSTruynEOJmSlJnAFK2h7/cRI/zkNPk=";
-  };
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "PREFIX=$(out)"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "FFmpeg version of headers for NVENC";
-    homepage = "https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ MP2E ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/12_x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/12_x.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index dcbb34e33cdb0..0000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/12_x.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv
-, lib
-, fetchgit
-}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "nv-codec-headers";
-  version = "12.1.14.0";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git";
-    rev = "n${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-WJYuFmMGSW+B32LwE7oXv/IeTln6TNEeXSkquHh85Go=";
-  };
-
-  makeFlags = [
-    "PREFIX=$(out)"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "FFmpeg version of headers for NVENC";
-    homepage = "https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ MP2E ];
-    platforms = platforms.all;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/default.nix
index 9b8323e6c978b..b582548d79f5c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,32 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchgit }:
+{ lib
+, fetchgit
+, stdenvNoCC
+}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  pname = "nv-codec-headers";
-  version = "9.1.23.1";
-
-  src = fetchgit {
-    url = "https://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git";
-    rev = "n${version}";
-    sha256 = "1xfvb3mhz6wfx9c732888xa82ivaig903lhvvrqqzs31qfznsplh";
+let
+  make-nv-codec-headers = (import ./make-nv-codec-headers.nix) {
+    inherit lib fetchgit stdenvNoCC;
   };
-
-  makeFlags = [ "PREFIX=$(out)" ];
-
-  meta = {
-    description = "FFmpeg version of headers for NVENC";
-    homepage = "https://ffmpeg.org/";
-    license = lib.licenses.mit;
-    maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.MP2E ];
-    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+in
+{
+  nv-codec-headers-8 = make-nv-codec-headers {
+    version = "8.2.15.2";
+    hash = "sha256-TKYT8vXqnUpq+M0grDeOR37n/ffqSWDYTrXIbl++BG4=";
+  };
+  nv-codec-headers-9 = make-nv-codec-headers {
+    version = "9.1.23.1";
+    hash = "sha256-kF5tv8Nh6I9x3hvSAdKLakeBVEcIiXFY6o6bD+tY2/U=";
+  };
+  nv-codec-headers-10 = make-nv-codec-headers {
+    version = "10.0.26.2";
+    hash = "sha256-BfW+fmPp8U22+HK0ZZY6fKUjqigWvOBi6DmW7SSnslg=";
+  };
+  nv-codec-headers-11 = make-nv-codec-headers {
+    version = "11.1.5.2";
+    hash = "sha256-KzaqwpzISHB7tSTruynEOJmSlJnAFK2h7/cRI/zkNPk=";
+  };
+  nv-codec-headers-12 = make-nv-codec-headers {
+    version = "12.1.14.0";
+    hash = "sha256-WJYuFmMGSW+B32LwE7oXv/IeTln6TNEeXSkquHh85Go=";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/make-nv-codec-headers.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/make-nv-codec-headers.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b6bdc6dd58d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/make-nv-codec-headers.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ lib
+, stdenvNoCC
+, fetchgit
+}:
+
+{ pname ? "nv-codec-headers"
+, version
+, hash
+}:
+
+stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
+  inherit pname version;
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "https://git.videolan.org/git/ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git";
+    rev = "n${version}";
+    inherit hash;
+  };
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "PREFIX=$(out)"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "FFmpeg version of headers for NVENC";
+    homepage = "https://ffmpeg.org/";
+    downloadPage = "https://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg/nv-codec-headers.git";
+    license = with lib.licenses; [ mit ];
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ AndersonTorres ];
+    platforms = lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 66549d664e402..98ff0c2f82e3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -24049,10 +24049,16 @@ with pkgs;
   nuspell = callPackage ../development/libraries/nuspell { };
   nuspellWithDicts = dicts: callPackage ../development/libraries/nuspell/wrapper.nix { inherit dicts; };
 
-  nv-codec-headers = callPackage ../development/libraries/nv-codec-headers { };
-  nv-codec-headers-10 = callPackage ../development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/10_x.nix { };
-  nv-codec-headers-11 = callPackage ../development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/11_x.nix { };
-  nv-codec-headers-12 = callPackage ../development/libraries/nv-codec-headers/12_x.nix { };
+  # splicing magic
+  nv-codec-headers-versions = callPackages ../development/libraries/nv-codec-headers { };
+  inherit (nv-codec-headers-versions)
+    nv-codec-headers-9
+    nv-codec-headers-10
+    nv-codec-headers-11
+    nv-codec-headers-12
+  ;
+  # A default nv-codec-headers to make people happy
+  nv-codec-headers = nv-codec-headers-versions.nv-codec-headers-9;
 
   nvidiaCtkPackages =
     callPackage ../by-name/nv/nvidia-container-toolkit/packages.nix