diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/i18n.nix b/nixos/modules/config/i18n.nix
index 1e6c35a4ea31..6d8a7289b238 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/i18n.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/i18n.nix
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ in
       glibcLocales = lib.mkOption {
         type = lib.types.path;
         default = pkgs.glibcLocales.override {
-          allLocales = lib.any (x: x == "all") config.i18n.supportedLocales;
+          allLocales = lib.elem "all" config.i18n.supportedLocales;
           locales = config.i18n.supportedLocales;
         };
         defaultText = lib.literalExpression ''
           pkgs.glibcLocales.override {
-            allLocales = lib.any (x: x == "all") config.i18n.supportedLocales;
+            allLocales = lib.elem "all" config.i18n.supportedLocales;
             locales = config.i18n.supportedLocales;
           }
         '';
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ in
         (
           !(
             (lib.subtractLists config.i18n.supportedLocales aggregatedLocales) == [ ]
-            || lib.any (x: x == "all") config.i18n.supportedLocales
+            || lib.elem "all" config.i18n.supportedLocales
           )
         )
         ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpdscribble.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpdscribble.nix
index 967853ffc85c..39dab7105968 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpdscribble.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpdscribble.nix
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ in
     passwordFile = lib.mkOption {
       default =
         if localMpd then
-          (lib.findFirst (c: lib.any (x: x == "read") c.permissions) {
+          (lib.findFirst (c: lib.elem "read" c.permissions) {
             passwordFile = null;
           } mpdCfg.credentials).passwordFile
         else
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/node.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/node.nix
index c543ac9a206e..2c4a82f0e044 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/node.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/node.nix
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ let
     types
     concatStringsSep
     concatMapStringsSep
-    any
+    elem
     optionals
     ;
-  collectorIsEnabled = final: any (collector: (final == collector)) cfg.enabledCollectors;
-  collectorIsDisabled = final: any (collector: (final == collector)) cfg.disabledCollectors;
+  collectorIsEnabled = final: elem final cfg.enabledCollectors;
+  collectorIsDisabled = final: elem final cfg.disabledCollectors;
 in
 {
   port = 9100;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ifstate.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ifstate.nix
index ddd95d33d131..41997a039ec0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ifstate.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ifstate.nix
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ in
         {
           assertion =
             initrdCfg.package.passthru.features.withWireguard
-            || !(builtins.any (kind: kind == "wireguard") initrdInterfaceTypes);
+            || !(builtins.elem "wireguard" initrdInterfaceTypes);
           message = "IfState initrd package is configured without the `wireguard` feature, but wireguard interfaces are configured. Please see the `boot.initrd.network.ifstate.package` option.";
         }
         {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/dolibarr.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/dolibarr.nix
index 0a669ccad2a7..2ed5bbccd6e2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/dolibarr.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/dolibarr.nix
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 }:
 let
   inherit (lib)
-    any
     boolToString
     concatStringsSep
+    elem
     isBool
     isString
     mapAttrsToList
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ let
 
       toStr =
         k: v:
-        if (any (str: k == str) secretKeys) then
+        if (elem k secretKeys) then
           v
         else if isString v then
           "'${v}'"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/librespeed.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/librespeed.nix
index 1ffc382a3d8e..2f7658339751 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/librespeed.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/librespeed.nix
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ in
                 proxy_buffering off;
                 proxy_request_buffering off;
               ''
-              + lib.optionalString (lib.any (m: m.name == "brotli") config.services.nginx.additionalModules) ''
+              + lib.optionalString (lib.elem "brotli" config.services.nginx.additionalModules) ''
                 brotli off;
               ''
-              + lib.optionalString (lib.any (m: m.name == "zstd") config.services.nginx.additionalModules) ''
+              + lib.optionalString (lib.elem "zstd" config.services.nginx.additionalModules) ''
                 zstd off;
               '';
             };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel_config.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel_config.nix
index 8ca9c96006a4..2cf34e899cae 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel_config.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel_config.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ let
     locs: defs:
     if defs == [ ] then
       abort "This case should never happen."
-    else if any (x: x == false) (getValues defs) then
+    else if elem false (getValues defs) then
       false
     else
       true;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/kubernetes/base.nix b/nixos/tests/kubernetes/base.nix
index ff943ef17763..8a6756b8f9e5 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/kubernetes/base.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/kubernetes/base.nix
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ let
     }:
     let
       masterName = head (
-        filter (machineName: any (role: role == "master") machines.${machineName}.roles) (
-          attrNames machines
-        )
+        filter (machineName: lib.elem "master" machines.${machineName}.roles) (attrNames machines)
       );
       master = machines.${masterName};
       extraHosts = ''
diff --git a/nixos/tests/sftpgo.nix b/nixos/tests/sftpgo.nix
index c2090c8bb180..6d18c1c5581f 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/sftpgo.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/sftpgo.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ let
     groupName:
     # users.users attrset
     user:
-    lib.any (x: x == user.name) config.users.groups.${groupName}.members;
+    lib.elem user.name config.users.groups.${groupName}.members;
 
   # Generates a valid SFTPGo user configuration for a given user
   # Will be converted to JSON and loaded on application startup.
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/zynaddsubfx/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/zynaddsubfx/default.nix
index da5abd1baccb..9cde53585717 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/zynaddsubfx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/zynaddsubfx/default.nix
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   ctestCheckHook,
 }:
 
-assert builtins.any (g: guiModule == g) [
+assert builtins.elem guiModule [
   "fltk"
   "ntk"
   "zest"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter/kernel.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter/kernel.nix
index 4496b943997b..2a72d84c47f7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter/kernel.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jupyter/kernel.nix
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ in
                 "logo64"
                 "extraPaths"
               ];
-              kernel = lib.filterAttrs (n: v: (lib.any (x: x == n) allowedKernelKeys)) unfilteredKernel;
+              kernel = lib.filterAttrs (n: v: (lib.elem n allowedKernelKeys)) unfilteredKernel;
               config = builtins.toJSON (
                 kernel
                 // {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ca/calibre/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ca/calibre/package.nix
index eaad1cb706c1..157633ae5fa7 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ca/calibre/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ca/calibre/package.nix
@@ -142,14 +142,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
         # the following are distributed with calibre, but we use upstream instead
         odfpy
       ]
-      ++
-        lib.optionals (lib.lists.any (p: p == stdenv.hostPlatform.system) pyqt6-webengine.meta.platforms)
-          [
-            # much of calibre's functionality is usable without a web
-            # browser, so we enable building on platforms which qtwebengine
-            # does not support by simply omitting qtwebengine.
-            pyqt6-webengine
-          ]
+      ++ lib.optionals (lib.lists.elem stdenv.hostPlatform.system pyqt6-webengine.meta.platforms) [
+        # much of calibre's functionality is usable without a web
+        # browser, so we enable building on platforms which qtwebengine
+        # does not support by simply omitting qtwebengine.
+        pyqt6-webengine
+      ]
       ++ lib.optional unrarSupport unrardll
     ))
     piper-tts
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/di/distrho-ports/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/di/distrho-ports/package.nix
index f0271b3555ad..366b6960f415 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/di/distrho-ports/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/di/distrho-ports/package.nix
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = toString [ "-fpermissive" ];
 
-  postFixup = lib.optionalString (lib.any (x: x == "vitalium") plugins || plugins == [ ]) ''
+  postFixup = lib.optionalString (lib.elem "vitalium" plugins || plugins == [ ]) ''
     for file in \
       $out/lib/lv2/vitalium.lv2/vitalium.so \
       $out/lib/vst/vitalium.so \
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/in/inspircd/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/in/inspircd/package.nix
index 6245b34a2a7d..1980e8707107 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/in/inspircd/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/in/inspircd/package.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ let
   # libcs in nixpkgs (musl and glibc).
   compatible =
     lib: drv:
-    lib.any (lic: lic == (drv.meta.license or { })) [
+    lib.elem (drv.meta.license or { }) [
       lib.licenses.mit # musl
       lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus # glibc
     ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvgm/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvgm/package.nix
index 6c39efabcb72..d500f0d9a8e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/li/libvgm/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/li/libvgm/package.nix
@@ -106,9 +106,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     description = "More modular rewrite of most components from VGMPlay";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ValleyBell/libvgm";
     license =
-      if
-        (enableEmulation && (withAllEmulators || (lib.lists.any (core: core == "WSWAN_ALL") emulators)))
-      then
+      if (enableEmulation && (withAllEmulators || (lib.lists.elem "WSWAN_ALL" emulators))) then
         lib.licenses.unfree # https://github.com/ValleyBell/libvgm/issues/43
       else
         lib.licenses.gpl2Only;
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ot/otb/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ot/otb/package.nix
index 4de37605c62c..5febf925ebfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ot/otb/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ot/otb/package.nix
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ let
     # https://gitlab.orfeo-toolbox.org/orfeotoolbox/otb/-/issues/2454#note_112821
     "fftw"
   ];
-  itkIsInDepsToRemove = dep: builtins.any (d: d == dep.name) itkDepsToRemove;
+  itkIsInDepsToRemove = dep: builtins.elem dep.name itkDepsToRemove;
 
   # remove after https://gitlab.orfeo-toolbox.org/orfeotoolbox/otb/-/issues/2451
   otbSwig = swig.overrideAttrs (oldArgs: {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/sl/sleek-grub-theme/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/sl/sleek-grub-theme/package.nix
index 186993f6fbd2..e7ae9353fbb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/sl/sleek-grub-theme/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/sl/sleek-grub-theme/package.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   withStyle ? "light", # use override to specify one of "dark" / "orange" / "bigSur"
 }:
 
-assert builtins.any (s: withStyle == s) [
+assert builtins.elem withStyle [
   "light"
   "dark"
   "orange"
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/uw/uwsgi/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/uw/uwsgi/package.nix
index 61d4fa0a49d9..593835879c79 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/uw/uwsgi/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/uw/uwsgi/package.nix
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   # this is a hack to make the php plugin link with session.so (which on nixos is a separate package)
   # the hack works in coordination with ./additional-php-ldflags.patch
-  UWSGICONFIG_PHP_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString (builtins.any (x: x.name == "php") needed) (
+  UWSGICONFIG_PHP_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString (lib.elem "php" needed) (
     lib.concatStringsSep "," [
       "-Wl"
       "-rpath=${php-embed.extensions.session}/lib/php/extensions/"
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  postFixup = lib.optionalString (builtins.any (x: x.name == "php") needed) ''
+  postFixup = lib.optionalString (lib.elem "php" needed) ''
     wrapProgram $out/bin/uwsgi --set PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR ${php-embed}/lib
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/default.nix
index c030a464e133..7c8ef2fbfb80 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/pypy/default.nix
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ]
   ++
     lib.optionals
-      (lib.any (l: l == optimizationLevel) [
+      (lib.elem optimizationLevel [
         "0"
         "1"
         "2"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/testing/stubs.nix b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/testing/stubs.nix
index b0258988888f..614dcd822f4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/testing/stubs.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ruby-modules/testing/stubs.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ let
         builtins.toJSON (
           lib.filterAttrs (
             n: v:
-            builtins.any (x: x == n) [
+            builtins.elem n [
               "name"
               "system"
             ]
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix
index 457d4cb144e6..9513e3e7a85d 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/zfs/generic.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ let
 
     let
       inherit (lib)
-        any
+        elem
         optionalString
         optionals
         optional
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ let
 
       smartmon = smartmontools.override { inherit enableMail; };
 
-      buildKernel = any (n: n == configFile) [
+      buildKernel = elem configFile [
         "kernel"
         "all"
       ];
-      buildUser = any (n: n == configFile) [
+      buildUser = elem configFile [
         "user"
         "all"
       ];
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/default.nix
index 5fafdd153413..c7630cbeb1a5 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ let
           license,
           ...
         }@args:
-        assert lib.any (x: x == type) [
+        assert lib.elem type [
           "plugin"
           "theme"
           "language"
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
index b27e59860e39..d00df6ff4139 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/generic/make-derivation.nix
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ let
 
       concretizeFlagImplications =
         flag: impliesFlags: list:
-        if any (x: x == flag) list then (list ++ impliesFlags) else list;
+        if builtins.elem flag list then (list ++ impliesFlags) else list;
 
       hardeningDisable' = unique (
         pipe hardeningDisable [
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/maubot/plugins/generated.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/maubot/plugins/generated.nix
index dbaee26f8853..9e7bf10ac8c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/maubot/plugins/generated.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/maubot/plugins/generated.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ lib.flip builtins.mapAttrs json (
             );
           in
           spdxLicenses.${spdx};
-        broken = builtins.any (x: x == null) reqDeps;
+        broken = builtins.elem null reqDeps;
       };
     }
     // lib.optionalAttrs (entry.isPoetry or false) {