diff --git a/lib/systems/default.nix b/lib/systems/default.nix
index f2be7c2c5094..a5db767730a9 100644
--- a/lib/systems/default.nix
+++ b/lib/systems/default.nix
@@ -85,11 +85,12 @@ let
     let
       allArgs = systemToAttrs systemOrArgs;
 
-      # Those two will always be derived from "config", if given, so they should NOT
-      # be overridden further down with "// args".
+      # These attributes are derived from other inputs, so they should NOT be
+      # overridden further down with "// args".
       args = removeAttrs allArgs [
         "parsed"
         "system"
+        "_withoutFunctions"
       ];
 
       # TODO: deprecate args.rustc in favour of args.rust after 23.05 is EOL.
diff --git a/lib/tests/systems.nix b/lib/tests/systems.nix
index 2cc8f7aa607e..3feef87d97c0 100644
--- a/lib/tests/systems.nix
+++ b/lib/tests/systems.nix
@@ -266,6 +266,22 @@ lib.runTests (
         }).parsed.cpu.arch;
       expected = "i686";
     };
+    test_equals_reelaborate_overridden_platform = {
+      expr =
+        let
+          base = lib.systems.elaborate "x86_64-linux";
+        in
+        lib.systems.equals base (
+          lib.systems.elaborate (
+            base
+            // {
+              useLLVM = true;
+              linker = "lld";
+            }
+          )
+        );
+      expected = false;
+    };
   }
   // {
     # equals.functionNames must list exactly the function-valued attrs of an