diff --git a/lib/trivial.nix b/lib/trivial.nix
index b3fb54a7add4..463cec351bdf 100644
--- a/lib/trivial.nix
+++ b/lib/trivial.nix
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ in {
      of the next function, and the last function returns the
      final value.
   */
-  pipe = val: functions:
-    let reverseApply = x: f: f x;
-    in builtins.foldl' reverseApply val functions;
+  pipe = builtins.foldl' (x: f: f x);
 
   # note please don’t add a function like `compose = flip pipe`.
   # This would confuse users, because the order of the functions