3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
index cf1bdaf6432..3a7c93413d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/default.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 let
   version = "19.1.5";
-  branch  = head (splitString "." version);
+  branch  = versions.major version;
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/cudnn/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/cudnn/generic.nix
index f0f5829ce46..5a17e807bd4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/cudnn/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/cudnn/generic.nix
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   passthru = {
     inherit cudatoolkit;
-    majorVersion = lib.head (lib.splitString "." version);
+    majorVersion = lib.versions.major version;
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/archive-version.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/archive-version.nix
index 1f312ecef23..75d70680fbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/archive-version.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/sqlite/archive-version.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 lib: version:
 
 with lib;
-  
+
 let
-  fragments = splitString "." version;
+  fragments = splitVersion version;
   major = head fragments;
   minor = concatMapStrings (fixedWidthNumber 2) (tail fragments);
 in