diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
index 0583f522bda3..e88f88546dbf 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/docker/default.nix
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ rec {
 
   buildLayeredImage = lib.makeOverridable ({ name, compressor ? "gz", ... }@args:
     let
-      stream = streamLayeredImage args;
+      stream = streamLayeredImage (builtins.removeAttrs args ["compressor"]);
       compress = compressorForImage compressor name;
     in
     runCommand "${baseNameOf name}.tar${compress.ext}"
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ rec {
   # Wrapper around streamNixShellImage to build an image from the result
   buildNixShellImage = { drv, compressor ? "gz", ... }@args:
     let
-      stream = streamNixShellImage args;
+      stream = streamNixShellImage (builtins.removeAttrs args ["compressor"]);
       compress = compressorForImage compressor drv.name;
     in
     runCommand "${drv.name}-env.tar${compress.ext}"