diff --git a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
index d2caa13d0e..129d922751 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/algebra.scm
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ cosine/ sine transforms or DCT/DST).")
     (license license:gpl2+)))
 
 (define-public fftwf
-  (package (inherit fftw)
+  (package/inherit fftw
     (name "fftwf")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments fftw)
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ cosine/ sine transforms or DCT/DST).")
                     "  Single-precision version."))))
 
 (define-public fftw-openmpi
-  (package (inherit fftw)
+  (package/inherit fftw
     (name "fftw-openmpi")
     (inputs
      `(("openmpi" ,openmpi)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/audio.scm b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
index 67a3e57dd9..8b23f04fe5 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/audio.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/audio.scm
@@ -4918,8 +4918,7 @@ edited, converted, compressed and saved.")
     (license license:lgpl2.1)))
 
 (define-public ztoolkit-rsvg
-  (package
-    (inherit ztoolkit)
+  (package/inherit ztoolkit
     (name "ztoolkit-rsvg")
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags `("-Denable_rsvg=true")))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
index 90e81354a5..eb466868d1 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
@@ -2744,8 +2744,7 @@ trees (phylogenies) and characters.")
 
 (define-public python2-dendropy
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 python-dendropy)))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (arguments
        `(#:phases
          (modify-phases %standard-phases
diff --git a/gnu/packages/boost.scm b/gnu/packages/boost.scm
index b1ab8a4ec9..1323e28278 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/boost.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/boost.scm
@@ -200,8 +200,7 @@ across a broad spectrum of applications.")
                                 "Some components have other similar licences."))))
 
 (define-public boost-with-python2
-  (package
-    (inherit boost)
+  (package/inherit boost
     (name "boost-python2")
     (native-inputs
      `(("python" ,python-2)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/check.scm b/gnu/packages/check.scm
index cfda247d67..21514d1bc4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/check.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/check.scm
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ have been used.")
 (define-public python2-mock
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                (strip-python2-variant python-mock))))
-    (package (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-functools32" ,python2-functools32)
          ("python2-funcsigs" ,python2-funcsigs)
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ same arguments.")
 (define-public python2-pytest-mock
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                 (strip-python2-variant python-pytest-mock))))
-    (package (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-mock" ,python2-mock)
          ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/cups.scm b/gnu/packages/cups.scm
index 2edd5d245c..b18273109e 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/cups.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/cups.scm
@@ -676,8 +676,7 @@ should only be used as part of the Guix cups-pk-helper service.")
        ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))))
 
 (define-public hplip-minimal
-  (package
-    (inherit hplip)
+  (package/inherit hplip
     (name "hplip-minimal")
     (arguments
       (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments hplip)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
index e5f9ea71b6..4105dd7ca0 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/freedesktop.scm
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ other applications that need to directly deal with input devices.")
     (license license:x11)))
 
 (define-public libinput-minimal
-  (package (inherit libinput)
+  (package/inherit libinput
     (name "libinput-minimal")
     (inputs
      (fold alist-delete (package-inputs libinput)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gettext.scm b/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
index bee33f2685..21228694d7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ translated messages from the catalogs.  Nearly all GNU packages use Gettext.")
 ;; module when there's a #:renamer, and that module may be empty at that point
 ;; in case or circular dependencies.
 (define-public gnu-gettext
-  (package
-    (inherit gettext-minimal)
+  (package/inherit gettext-minimal
     (name "gettext")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments gettext-minimal)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/glib.scm b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
index 1b9cd71785..5f710a4a38 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/glib.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/glib.scm
@@ -833,32 +833,33 @@ useful for C++.")
     (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-pygobject))))))
 
 (define-public python2-pygobject
-  (package (inherit (strip-python2-variant python-pygobject))
-    (name "python2-pygobject")
+  (let ((base (strip-python2-variant python-pygobject)))
+    (package/inherit base
+      (name "python2-pygobject")
 
-    ;; Note: We use python-build-system here, because Meson only supports
-    ;; Python 3, and needs PYTHONPATH etc set up correctly, which makes it
-    ;; difficult to use for Python 2 projects.
-    (build-system python-build-system)
-    (arguments
-     `(#:python ,python-2
-       #:phases
-       (modify-phases %standard-phases
-         (add-after 'unpack 'delete-broken-tests
-           (lambda _
-             ;; FIXME: this test freezes and times out.
-             (delete-file "tests/test_mainloop.py")
-             ;; FIXME: this test fails with this kind of error:
-             ;; AssertionError: <Handlers.SIG_IGN: 1> != <built-in function default_int_handler
-             (delete-file "tests/test_ossig.py")
-             #t)))))
-    (inputs
-     `(("python-pycairo" ,python2-pycairo)
-       ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection)))
-    (native-inputs
-     `(("glib-bin" ,glib "bin")
-       ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
-       ("python-pytest" ,python2-pytest)))))
+      ;; Note: We use python-build-system here, because Meson only supports
+      ;; Python 3, and needs PYTHONPATH etc set up correctly, which makes it
+      ;; difficult to use for Python 2 projects.
+      (build-system python-build-system)
+      (arguments
+       `(#:python ,python-2
+         #:phases
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           (add-after 'unpack 'delete-broken-tests
+             (lambda _
+               ;; FIXME: this test freezes and times out.
+               (delete-file "tests/test_mainloop.py")
+               ;; FIXME: this test fails with this kind of error:
+               ;; AssertionError: <Handlers.SIG_IGN: 1> != <built-in function default_int_handler
+               (delete-file "tests/test_ossig.py")
+               #t)))))
+      (inputs
+       `(("python-pycairo" ,python2-pycairo)
+         ("gobject-introspection" ,gobject-introspection)))
+      (native-inputs
+       `(("glib-bin" ,glib "bin")
+         ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+         ("python-pytest" ,python2-pytest))))))
 
 (define-public perl-glib
   (package
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
index c5223e7b3f..e738b8fc1f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gnome.scm
@@ -2433,8 +2433,7 @@ GNOME Desktop.")
 
 ;;; A minimal variant used to break a cycle with Inkscape.
 (define-public gdl-minimal
-  (package
-    (inherit gdl)
+  (package/inherit gdl
     (name "gdl-minimal")
     (arguments
      '(#:phases
@@ -4899,8 +4898,7 @@ and the GLib main loop, to integrate well with GNOME applications.")
 
 ;;; A minimal version of libsoup used to prevent a cycle with Inkscape.
 (define-public libsoup-minimal
-  (package
-    (inherit libsoup)
+  (package/inherit libsoup
     (name "libsoup-minimal")
     (outputs (delete "doc" (package-outputs libsoup)))
     (arguments
@@ -10099,8 +10097,7 @@ accessibility infrastructure.")
     (properties '((upstream-name . "pyatspi")))))
 
 (define-public python2-pyatspi
-  (package
-    (inherit python-pyatspi)
+  (package/inherit python-pyatspi
     (name "python2-pyatspi")
     (inputs
      `(("python" ,python-2)))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/groff.scm b/gnu/packages/groff.scm
index 0803a2a7f5..fdb8440a39 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/groff.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/groff.scm
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ is usually the formatter of \"man\" documentation pages.")
 (define-public groff-minimal
   ;; Minimialist groff for use by man-db.  Its closure size is less than half
   ;; that of the full-blown groff.
-  (package
-    (inherit groff)
+  (package/inherit groff
     (name "groff-minimal")
     (synopsis "Minimalist variant of Groff for use by man-db")
     (outputs '("out"))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/jami.scm b/gnu/packages/jami.scm
index c47293b5c1..3773c1ab0a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/jami.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/jami.scm
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ of Jami."
           '())))
 
 (define-public ffmpeg-jami
-  (package
-    (inherit ffmpeg)
+  (package/inherit ffmpeg
     (name "ffmpeg-jami")
     (native-inputs
      `(("sfl-patches" ,%sfl-patches)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm b/gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm
index 2d08fb46e3..e263ba2efc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libcanberra.scm
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ null) and is designed to be portable.")
     (license lgpl2.1+)))
 
 (define-public libcanberra/gtk+-2
-  (package (inherit libcanberra)
+  (package/inherit libcanberra
     (name "libcanberra-gtk2")
     (inputs `(,@(alist-delete "gtk+" (package-inputs libcanberra))
               ("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/lirc.scm b/gnu/packages/lirc.scm
index 2b0cea16ab..f840f49a23 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/lirc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/lirc.scm
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ on just one button press.")
 
   (define-public python2-lirc
     (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-lirc))))
-      (package
-        (inherit base)
+      (package/inherit base
         (arguments
          `(#:tests? #f ; the only tests that exist are human-interactive
            #:phases
diff --git a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
index fb45668735..0a1b6c84ce 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/llvm.scm
@@ -821,8 +821,7 @@ of programming tools as well as libraries with equivalent functionality.")
                   '("clang-runtime-asan-build-fixes.patch"
                     "clang-runtime-3.5-libsanitizer-mode-field.patch"
                     "clang-3.5-libsanitizer-ustat-fix.patch"))))
-    (package
-      (inherit runtime)
+    (package/inherit runtime
       (arguments
        (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments runtime)
          ((#:phases phases '%standard-phases)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mpi.scm b/gnu/packages/mpi.scm
index 53ee6ef1cd..9a4dc6dc64 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mpi.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mpi.scm
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ software vendors, application developers and computer science researchers.")
 
 ;; TODO: javadoc files contain timestamps.
 (define-public java-openmpi
-  (package (inherit openmpi)
+  (package/inherit openmpi
     (name "java-openmpi")
     (inputs
      `(("openmpi" ,openmpi)
@@ -344,8 +344,7 @@ software vendors, application developers and computer science researchers.")
     (synopsis "Java bindings for MPI")))
 
 (define-public openmpi-thread-multiple
-  (package
-    (inherit openmpi)
+  (package/inherit openmpi
     (name "openmpi-thread-multiple")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments openmpi)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/node.scm b/gnu/packages/node.scm
index dec6cc2b7c..a0df3d2cad 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/node.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/node.scm
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ devices.")
                   (timeout . 21600)))))        ;6h
 
 (define-public libnode
-  (package
-    (inherit node)
+  (package/inherit node
     (name "libnode")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments node)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/onc-rpc.scm b/gnu/packages/onc-rpc.scm
index 14ff13c038..c58bdb1dfc 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/onc-rpc.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/onc-rpc.scm
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ IPv4 and IPv6.  ONC RPC is notably used by the network file system (NFS).")
     (license bsd-3)))
 
 (define-public libtirpc/hurd
-  (package
-    (inherit libtirpc)
+  (package/inherit libtirpc
     (name "libtirpc-hurd")
     (source (origin (inherit (package-source libtirpc))
-                    (patches (search-patches "libtirpc-hurd.patch"
-                                             "libtirpc-hurd-client.patch"))))
+                    (patches (append (origin-patches libtirpc)
+                                     (search-patches "libtirpc-hurd.patch"
+                                                     "libtirpc-hurd-client.patch")))))
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments libtirpc)
        ((#:configure-flags flags ''())
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-compression.scm b/gnu/packages/python-compression.scm
index 6b2da5f925..2065e6e38f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-compression.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-compression.scm
@@ -202,8 +202,7 @@ algorithm within the Numpy framework.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
 (define-public bitshuffle-for-snappy
-  (package
-    (inherit bitshuffle)
+  (package/inherit bitshuffle
     (name "bitshuffle-for-snappy")
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm b/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
index 2712482e6f..97fcd96c88 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-crypto.scm
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ etc.).  The package is structured to make adding new modules easy.")
 
 (define-public python2-pycrypto
   (let ((pycrypto (package-with-python2 python-pycrypto)))
-    (package (inherit pycrypto)
+    (package/inherit pycrypto
       (inputs
        `(("python" ,python-2)
          ,@(alist-delete
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ message digests and key derivation functions.")
 (define-public python2-cryptography
   (let ((crypto (package-with-python2
                  (strip-python2-variant python-cryptography))))
-    (package (inherit crypto)
+    (package/inherit crypto
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-ipaddress" ,python2-ipaddress)
          ("python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname"
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ through the Engine interface.")
 (define-public python2-m2crypto
   (let ((m2crypto (package-with-python2
                    (strip-python2-variant python-m2crypto))))
-    (package (inherit m2crypto)
+    (package/inherit m2crypto
              (propagated-inputs
               `(("python2-typing" ,python2-typing))))))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
index ea75fa9390..c79b4eb937 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-web.scm
@@ -708,8 +708,7 @@ Swartz.")
 
 (define-public python2-html2text
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 python-html2text)))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       ;; This is the last version with support for Python 2.
       (version "2019.8.11")
       (source (origin
@@ -1725,7 +1724,7 @@ connection to each user.")
 
 (define-public python2-tornado
   (let ((tornado (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-tornado))))
-    (package (inherit tornado)
+    (package/inherit tornado
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname"
           ,python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname)
@@ -1784,7 +1783,7 @@ term.js Javascript terminal emulator library.")
 
 (define-public python2-terminado
   (let ((terminado (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-terminado))))
-    (package (inherit terminado)
+    (package/inherit terminado
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname"
           ,python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname)
@@ -2371,7 +2370,7 @@ verification of the SSL peer.")
 ;; python2-openssl requires special care, so package-with-python2 is
 ;; insufficient.
 (define-public python2-ndg-httpsclient
-  (package (inherit python-ndg-httpsclient)
+  (package/inherit python-ndg-httpsclient
     (name "python2-ndg-httpsclient")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments python-ndg-httpsclient)
@@ -2403,8 +2402,7 @@ WebSocket usage in Python programs.")
 (define-public python2-websocket-client
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                 (strip-python2-variant python-websocket-client))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (native-inputs
        `(("python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname"
           ,python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname)
@@ -2710,8 +2708,7 @@ authenticated session objects providing things like keep-alive.")
 
 (define-public python2-rauth
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-rauth))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (native-inputs `(("python2-unittest2" ,python2-unittest2)
                        ,@(package-native-inputs base))))))
 
@@ -3211,7 +3208,7 @@ provide an easy-to-use Python interface for building OAuth1 and OAuth2 clients."
 
 (define-public python2-url
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-url))))
-    (package (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-publicsuffix" ,python2-publicsuffix))))))
 
@@ -3373,8 +3370,7 @@ transfers.")
 
 (define-public python2-s3transfer
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-s3transfer))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (native-inputs
        `(("python2-futures" ,python2-futures)
          ,@(package-native-inputs base))))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index b98b0666cf..2cd6f55f4d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -580,8 +580,7 @@ iotop, uptime, pidof, tty, taskset, pmap.")
 
 (define-public python2-psutil
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-psutil))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-enum34" ,python2-enum34)         ;optional
          ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
@@ -1183,8 +1182,7 @@ other machines, such as over the network.")
 
 (define-public python2-serpent
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-serpent))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python-enum34" ,python2-enum34)
          ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
@@ -1357,7 +1355,7 @@ helpers.")
 (define-public python2-humanfriendly
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                 (strip-python2-variant python-humanfriendly))))
-    (package (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-monotonic" ,python2-monotonic)
          ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
@@ -2184,8 +2182,7 @@ commands.")
 
 (define-public python2-empy
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-empy))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (arguments `(,@(package-arguments base)
                    #:tests? #t)))))
 
@@ -2314,7 +2311,7 @@ backported for previous versions of Python from 2.4 to 3.3.")
 (define-public python2-parse-type
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                 (strip-python2-variant python-parse-type))))
-    (package (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-enum34" ,python2-enum34)
          ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
@@ -2363,8 +2360,7 @@ existing ones.")
 
 (define-public python2-polib
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-polib))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (arguments `(,@(package-arguments base)
                    ;; Tests don't work with python2.
                    #:tests? #f)))))
@@ -2962,7 +2958,7 @@ compare, diff, and patch JSON and JSON-like structures in Python.")
 (define-public python2-jsonschema
   (let ((jsonschema (package-with-python2
                      (strip-python2-variant python-jsonschema))))
-    (package (inherit jsonschema)
+    (package/inherit jsonschema
              (propagated-inputs
               `(("python2-functools32" ,python2-functools32)
                 ,@(package-propagated-inputs jsonschema))))))
@@ -3459,15 +3455,16 @@ logic-free templating system Mustache.")
     (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-pystache))))))
 
 (define-public python2-pystache
-  (package (inherit (package-with-python2
-                     (strip-python2-variant python-pystache)))
-           (arguments
-            `(#:python ,python-2
-              #:phases
-              (modify-phases %standard-phases
-                (replace 'check
-                  (lambda _
-                    (invoke "python" "test_pystache.py"))))))))
+  (let ((base (package-with-python2
+               (strip-python2-variant python-pystache))))
+    (package/inherit base
+      (arguments
+       `(#:python ,python-2
+         #:phases
+         (modify-phases %standard-phases
+           (replace 'check
+             (lambda _
+               (invoke "python" "test_pystache.py")))))))))
 
 (define-public python-joblib
   (package
@@ -4524,8 +4521,7 @@ writing C extensions for Python as easy as Python itself.")
 
 (define-public python2-cython
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-cython))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (name "python2-cython")
       (inputs
        `(("python-2" ,python-2)))       ;this is not automatically changed
@@ -5075,8 +5071,7 @@ that client code uses to construct the grammar directly in Python code.")
 (define-public python2-numpydoc
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                (strip-python2-variant python-numpydoc))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-jinja2" ,python2-jinja2)
          ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
@@ -7120,8 +7115,7 @@ CLI scripts:
 
 (define-public python2-ipyparallel
   (let ((ipyparallel (package-with-python2 python-ipyparallel)))
-    (package
-      (inherit ipyparallel)
+    (package/inherit ipyparallel
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-futures" ,python2-futures)
          ,@(package-propagated-inputs ipyparallel))))))
@@ -7209,8 +7203,7 @@ without using the configuration machinery.")
 
 (define-public python2-traitlets
   (let ((traitlets (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-traitlets))))
-    (package
-      (inherit traitlets)
+    (package/inherit traitlets
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-enum34" ,python2-enum34)
          ,@(package-propagated-inputs traitlets))))))
@@ -7762,7 +7755,7 @@ implementation of D-Bus.")
     (license license:expat)))
 
 (define-public python2-dbus
-  (package (inherit python-dbus)
+  (package/inherit python-dbus
     (name "python2-dbus")
     (inputs `(("python" ,python-2)
               ,@(alist-delete "python"
@@ -7836,10 +7829,10 @@ converts incoming documents to Unicode and outgoing documents to UTF-8.")
     (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-beautifulsoup4))))))
 
 (define-public python2-beautifulsoup4
-  (package
-    (inherit (package-with-python2
-              (strip-python2-variant python-beautifulsoup4)))
-    (arguments `(#:python ,python-2))))
+  (let ((base (package-with-python2
+               (strip-python2-variant python-beautifulsoup4))))
+   (package/inherit base
+     (arguments `(#:python ,python-2)))))
 
 (define-public python-soupsieve
   (package
@@ -8561,8 +8554,7 @@ PEP 8.")
 (define-public python2-pep517
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                 (strip-python2-variant python-pep517))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (name "python2-pep517")
       (arguments
        `(#:tests? #f
@@ -8654,7 +8646,7 @@ complexity of Python source code.")
 
 (define-public python2-flake8
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-flake8))))
-    (package (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-configparser" ,python2-configparser)
          ("python2-enum34" ,python2-enum34)
@@ -9180,9 +9172,10 @@ third-party code.")
     (properties `((python2-variant . ,(delay python2-llfuse))))))
 
 (define-public python2-llfuse
-  (package (inherit (package-with-python2
-                 (strip-python2-variant python-llfuse)))
-    (propagated-inputs `(("python2-contextlib2" ,python2-contextlib2)))))
+  (let ((base (package-with-python2
+               (strip-python2-variant python-llfuse))))
+    (package/inherit base
+      (propagated-inputs `(("python2-contextlib2" ,python2-contextlib2))))))
 
 (define-public python-msgpack
   (package
@@ -9930,8 +9923,7 @@ a hash value.")
     (license license:asl2.0)))
 
 (define-public python2-tlsh
-  (package
-    (inherit python-tlsh)
+  (package/inherit python-tlsh
     (name "python2-tlsh")
     (inputs `(("python" ,python-2)))))
 
@@ -10020,8 +10012,7 @@ Python's @code{ctypes} foreign function interface (FFI).")
   (package-with-python2 python-libarchive-c))
 
 (define-public python-file
-  (package
-    (inherit file)
+  (package/inherit file
     (name "python-file")
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (arguments
@@ -10379,7 +10370,7 @@ interactive computing.")
 (define-public python2-notebook
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                 (strip-python2-variant python-notebook))))
-    (package (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (native-inputs
        `(("python2-mock" ,python2-mock)
          ,@(package-native-inputs base)))
@@ -10513,8 +10504,7 @@ Jupyter kernels such as IJulia and IRKernel.")
 ;; the functionality in both packages working, strip down the
 ;; python-jupyter-console package when using it as an input to python-ipython.
 (define python-jupyter-console-minimal
-  (package
-    (inherit python-jupyter-console)
+  (package/inherit python-jupyter-console
     (name "python-jupyter-console-minimal")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments
@@ -10854,8 +10844,7 @@ the standard library.")
 (define-public python2-contextlib2
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                (strip-python2-variant python-contextlib2))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (arguments
        (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments base)
          ((#:phases phases)
@@ -11325,7 +11314,7 @@ concurrent.futures package from Python 3.2")
 (define-public python2-promise
   (let ((promise (package-with-python2
                    (strip-python2-variant python-promise))))
-    (package (inherit promise)
+    (package/inherit promise
       (arguments (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments promise)
                    ((#:tests? _) #t)))
       (native-inputs
@@ -12029,8 +12018,7 @@ and provides a uniform API regardless of which JSON implementation is used.")
 (define-public python2-anyjson
   (let ((anyjson (package-with-python2
                   (strip-python2-variant python-anyjson))))
-    (package
-      (inherit anyjson)
+    (package/inherit anyjson
       (arguments `(;; Unlike the python 3 variant, we do run tests.  See above!
                    #:tests? #t
                    ,@(package-arguments anyjson)))
@@ -12067,8 +12055,7 @@ alternative when librabbitmq is not available.")
 (define-public python2-amqp
   (let ((amqp (package-with-python2
                (strip-python2-variant python-amqp))))
-    (package
-      (inherit amqp)
+    (package/inherit amqp
       (arguments `(;; Tries to run coverage tests with nose-cover3, which seems
                    ;; unmaintained.  Weirdly, does not do this on the python 3
                    ;; version?
@@ -12140,8 +12127,7 @@ RabbitMQ messaging server is the most popular implementation.")
 (define-public python2-kombu
   (let ((kombu (package-with-python2
                 (strip-python2-variant python-kombu))))
-    (package
-      (inherit kombu)
+    (package/inherit kombu
       (arguments `(;; FIXME: 'TestTransport.test_del_sync' fails on python2.
                    ;; It works fine on the python3 variant.
                    #:tests? #f
@@ -12178,8 +12164,7 @@ Python 2.4 and 2.5, and will draw its fixes/improvements from python-trunk.")
 (define-public python2-billiard
   (let ((billiard (package-with-python2
                    (strip-python2-variant python-billiard))))
-    (package
-      (inherit billiard)
+    (package/inherit billiard
       (native-inputs `(("python2-unittest2" ,python2-unittest2)
                        ("python2-mock" ,python2-mock)
                        ,@(package-native-inputs billiard))))))
@@ -12229,8 +12214,7 @@ synchronously (wait until ready).")
 (define-public python2-celery
   (let ((celery (package-with-python2
                  (strip-python2-variant python-celery))))
-    (package
-      (inherit celery)
+    (package/inherit celery
       (native-inputs `(("python2-unittest2" ,python2-unittest2)
                        ("python2-mock" ,python2-mock)
                        ,@(package-native-inputs celery))))))
@@ -12384,7 +12368,7 @@ checking library.")
 
 (define-public python2-whoosh
   (let ((whoosh (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-whoosh))))
-    (package (inherit whoosh)
+    (package/inherit whoosh
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname"
           ,python2-backport-ssl-match-hostname)
@@ -12498,7 +12482,7 @@ encoding algorithms to do fuzzy string matching.")
 (define-public python2-jellyfish
   (let ((jellyfish (package-with-python2
                      (strip-python2-variant python-jellyfish))))
-    (package (inherit jellyfish)
+    (package/inherit jellyfish
       (native-inputs `(("python2-unicodecsv" ,python2-unicodecsv)
                        ,@(package-native-inputs jellyfish))))))
 
@@ -12913,8 +12897,7 @@ to occurrences in strings and comments.")
     (license license:gpl2)))
 
 (define-public python-rope
-  (package
-    (inherit python2-rope)
+  (package/inherit python2-rope
     (name "python-rope")
     (arguments `(#:python ,python-wrapper
                  ;; XXX: Only partial python3 support, results in some failing
@@ -14217,8 +14200,7 @@ etc.")
 
 (define-public ptpython-2
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant ptpython))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (name "ptpython2"))))
 
 (define-public python-stem
@@ -14361,7 +14343,7 @@ binary or text.")
 
 (define-public python2-binaryornot
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-binaryornot))))
-    (package (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-enum34" ,python2-enum34)
          ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
@@ -14878,8 +14860,7 @@ is used by PostgreSQL and the OpenSSH Server for example.")
 (define-public python2-setproctitle
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                (strip-python2-variant python-setproctitle))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (native-inputs `(("python2-nose" ,python2-nose)
                        ,@(package-native-inputs base))))))
 
@@ -15070,8 +15051,7 @@ network.")
 (define-public python2-argcomplete
   (let ((variant (package-with-python2
                   (strip-python2-variant python-argcomplete))))
-    (package
-      (inherit variant)
+    (package/inherit variant
       (arguments
        (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments variant)
          ((#:phases phases '%standard-phases)
@@ -15195,8 +15175,7 @@ possible on all supported Python versions.")
 (define-public python2-xopen
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                (strip-python2-variant python-xopen))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs `(("python2-bz2file" ,python2-bz2file)
                            ,@(package-propagated-inputs base))))))
 
@@ -16061,7 +16040,7 @@ editors.")
 (define-public python2-isort
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                (strip-python2-variant python-isort))))
-    (package (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (native-inputs
        `(("python2-futures" ,python2-futures)
          ,@(package-native-inputs base))))))
@@ -16632,8 +16611,7 @@ Supported metrics are:
 
 (define-public python2-radon
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-radon))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python-configparser" ,python2-configparser)
          ("python-future" ,python2-future)
@@ -16932,8 +16910,7 @@ and integration into other projects.")
 (define-public python2-rfc6555
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                (strip-python2-variant python-rfc6555))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-selectors2" ,python2-selectors2))))))
 
@@ -18058,8 +18035,7 @@ such as figshare or Zenodo.")
 (define-public python2-activepapers
   (let ((base (package-with-python2
                (strip-python2-variant python-activepapers))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (arguments
        (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments base)
          ((#:phases phases)
@@ -18293,17 +18269,18 @@ user's @file{~/Trash} directory.")
     (license license:bsd-3)))
 
 (define-public python2-send2trash
-  (package
-    (inherit (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-send2trash)))
-    (arguments
-     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments python-send2trash)
-       ((#:phases phases)
-        `(modify-phases ,phases
-           (add-before 'check 'setenv
-             (lambda _
-               (setenv "PYTHONPATH"
-                       (string-append (getcwd) ":" (getenv "PYTHONPATH")))
-               #t))))))))
+  (let ((base (package-with-python2
+               (strip-python2-variant python-send2trash))))
+    (package/inherit base
+      (arguments
+       (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments python-send2trash)
+         ((#:phases phases)
+          `(modify-phases ,phases
+             (add-before 'check 'setenv
+               (lambda _
+                 (setenv "PYTHONPATH"
+                         (string-append (getcwd) ":" (getenv "PYTHONPATH")))
+                 #t)))))))))
 
 (define-public python-pyfavicon
   (package
@@ -20164,8 +20141,7 @@ data.")
 
 (define-public python2-cloudpickle
   (let ((base (package-with-python2 (strip-python2-variant python-cloudpickle))))
-    (package
-      (inherit base)
+    (package/inherit base
       (native-inputs
        `(("python-mock" ,python2-mock)
          ,@(package-native-inputs base)))
@@ -20405,7 +20381,7 @@ on regular expressions.")
 (define-public python2-reparser
   (let ((reparser (package-with-python2
                    (strip-python2-variant python-reparser))))
-    (package (inherit reparser)
+    (package/inherit reparser
              (propagated-inputs
               `(("python2-enum34" ,python2-enum34)
                 ,@(package-propagated-inputs reparser))))))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index 8f1bc65548..5d8fa1185b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -366,8 +366,7 @@ data types.")
   ;; Both 2.x and 3.x used to be called "python".  In commit
   ;; a7714d42de2c3082f3609d1e63c83d703fb39cf9 (March 2018), we renamed the
   ;; Python 2.x package to "python2".
-  (package
-    (inherit python-2)
+  (package/inherit python-2
     (name "python")
     (properties `((superseded . ,python-2)))))
 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/qt.scm b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
index d921aa87fe..d58609e547 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
@@ -2030,7 +2030,7 @@ module provides support functions to the automatically generated code.")
     (license license:gpl3)))
 
 (define-public python2-sip
-  (package (inherit python-sip)
+  (package/inherit python-sip
     (name "python2-sip")
     (native-inputs
      `(("python" ,python-2)))))
@@ -2215,13 +2215,13 @@ itself.")
 ;; Ultimately, it would be nicer to have a more modular set of python-pyqt-*
 ;; packages that could be used together.
 (define-public python-pyqt-without-qtwebkit
-  (package (inherit python-pyqt)
+  (package/inherit python-pyqt
     (name "python-pyqt-without-qtwebkit")
     (inputs
      (alist-delete "qtwebkit" (package-inputs python-pyqt)))))
 
 (define-public python2-pyqt
-  (package (inherit python-pyqt)
+  (package/inherit python-pyqt
     (name "python2-pyqt")
     (propagated-inputs
      `(("python-enum34" ,python2-enum34)
@@ -2367,7 +2367,7 @@ indicators, code completion and call tips.")
     (license license:gpl3+)))
 
 (define-public python-qscintilla
-  (package (inherit qscintilla)
+  (package/inherit qscintilla
     (name "python-qscintilla")
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags
@@ -2415,7 +2415,7 @@ This package provides the Python bindings.")))
 ;; variables such as PYTHONPATH, so we need to build a union package to make
 ;; it work.
 (define-public python-pyqt+qscintilla
-  (package (inherit python-pyqt)
+  (package/inherit python-pyqt
     (name "python-pyqt+qscintilla")
     (source #f)
     (build-system trivial-build-system)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/scanner.scm b/gnu/packages/scanner.scm
index e3ff4243bc..9b405a59af 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/scanner.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/scanner.scm
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ package contains the library, but no drivers.")
 ;; support for HP scanners whose backends are not maintained by the SANE
 ;; project, and builds all of those backends.
 (define-public sane-backends
-  (package
-    (inherit sane-backends-minimal)
+  (package/inherit sane-backends-minimal
     (name "sane-backends")
     (inputs
      `(("hplip" ,(@ (gnu packages cups) hplip-minimal))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
index e4e452fec5..8db731bbc4 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/sdl.scm
@@ -648,8 +648,7 @@ interface.")
     (license lgpl3+)))
 
 (define-public guile3.0-sdl2
-  (package
-    (inherit guile-sdl2)
+  (package/inherit guile-sdl2
     (name "guile3.0-sdl2")
     (native-inputs
      `(("guile" ,guile-3.0)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/selinux.scm b/gnu/packages/selinux.scm
index 558a64a13b..4c2228871f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/selinux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/selinux.scm
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ boolean settings).")
     (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
 
 (define-public checkpolicy
-  (package (inherit libsepol)
+  (package/inherit libsepol
     (name "checkpolicy")
     (arguments
      `(#:tests? #f ; there is no check target
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ module into a binary representation.")
     (license license:gpl2)))
 
 (define-public libselinux
-  (package (inherit libsepol)
+  (package/inherit libsepol
     (name "libselinux")
     (outputs '("out" "python"))
     (arguments
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ the core SELinux management utilities.")
     (license license:public-domain)))
 
 (define-public libsemanage
-  (package (inherit libsepol)
+  (package/inherit libsepol
     (name "libsemanage")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments libsepol)
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ binary policies.")
     (license license:lgpl2.1+)))
 
 (define-public secilc
-  (package (inherit libsepol)
+  (package/inherit libsepol
     (name "secilc")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments libsepol)
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ binary policies.")
     (license license:bsd-2)))
 
 (define-public python-sepolgen
-  (package (inherit libsepol)
+  (package/inherit libsepol
     (name "python-sepolgen")
     (arguments
      `(#:modules ((srfi srfi-1)
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ tools, and libraries designed to facilitate SELinux policy analysis.")
                    license:gpl2+))))
 
 (define-public policycoreutils
-  (package (inherit libsepol)
+  (package/inherit libsepol
     (name "policycoreutils")
     (arguments
      `(#:test-target "test"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/serialization.scm b/gnu/packages/serialization.scm
index fc0102caf0..1a5b445fd6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/serialization.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/serialization.scm
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ that implements both the msgpack and msgpack-rpc specifications.")
     (synopsis "Lua bindings for the libmpack binary serialization library")))
 
 (define-public lua5.1-libmpack
-  (package (inherit lua-libmpack)
+  (package/inherit lua-libmpack
     (name "lua5.1-libmpack")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments lua-libmpack)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ that implements both the msgpack and msgpack-rpc specifications.")
      `(("lua" ,lua-5.1)))))
 
 (define-public lua5.2-libmpack
-  (package (inherit lua-libmpack)
+  (package/inherit lua-libmpack
     (name "lua5.2-libmpack")
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments lua-libmpack)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/simulation.scm b/gnu/packages/simulation.scm
index 45efd5c472..e1de78402d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/simulation.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/simulation.scm
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ user interface to the FEniCS core components and external libraries.")
                    license:lgpl3+))))
 
 (define-public fenics
-  (package (inherit fenics-dolfin)
+  (package/inherit fenics-dolfin
     (name "fenics")
     (build-system python-build-system)
     (inputs
diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
index a0f3f59342..27f3bfa8ef 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ inference for statistical models.")
 
 (define-public python2-statsmodels
   (let ((stats (package-with-python2 python-statsmodels)))
-    (package (inherit stats)
+    (package/inherit stats
       (propagated-inputs
        `(("python2-pytz" ,python2-pytz)
          ("python2-numpy" ,python2-numpy)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm b/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm
index dea26a6395..a2fe989f1a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/texinfo.scm
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ is on expressing the content semantically, avoiding physical markup commands.")
 (define-public info-reader
   ;; The idea of this package is to have the standalone Info reader without
   ;; the dependency on Perl that 'makeinfo' drags.
-  (package
-    (inherit texinfo)
+  (package/inherit texinfo
     (name "info-reader")
     (arguments
      `(,@(substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments texinfo)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/wxwidgets.scm b/gnu/packages/wxwidgets.scm
index f3a7fdd7a4..423da37a3c 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/wxwidgets.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/wxwidgets.scm
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ and many other languages.")
              #t)))))))
 
 (define-public wxwidgets-gtk2
-  (package (inherit wxwidgets)
+  (package/inherit wxwidgets
            (inputs `(("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)
                      ,@(alist-delete
                         "gtk+"
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ and many other languages.")
                `(cons "--enable-mediactrl" ,flags))))))
 
 (define-public wxwidgets-gtk2-3.1
-  (package (inherit wxwidgets-3.1)
+  (package/inherit wxwidgets-3.1
            (inputs `(("gtk+" ,gtk+-2)
                      ,@(alist-delete
                         "gtk+"
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xml.scm b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
index f10a982294..2a72fc6ad2 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xml.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xml.scm
@@ -1193,8 +1193,7 @@ Libxml2).")
                                 "See 'COPYING' in the distribution."))))
 
 (define-public xmlsec-nss
-  (package
-    (inherit xmlsec)
+  (package/inherit xmlsec
     (name "xmlsec-nss")
     (native-inputs
      ;; For tests.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
index 0aa4411ddc..97ff8ab92b 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/xorg.scm
@@ -6479,8 +6479,7 @@ and embedded platforms.")
                    license:bsd-3))))
 
 (define-public uim-gtk
-  (package
-    (inherit uim)
+  (package/inherit uim
     (name "uim-gtk")
     (inputs
      `(("gtk" ,gtk+)
@@ -6489,8 +6488,7 @@ and embedded platforms.")
     (synopsis "Multilingual input method framework (GTK+ support)")))
 
 (define-public uim-qt
-  (package
-    (inherit uim)
+  (package/inherit uim
     (name "uim-qt")
     (inputs
      `(("qt" ,qtbase)
diff --git a/guix/build-system/python.scm b/guix/build-system/python.scm
index e39c06528e..80895162f8 100644
--- a/guix/build-system/python.scm
+++ b/guix/build-system/python.scm
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ pre-defined variants."
 
      ;; Otherwise build the new package object graph.
      ((eq? (package-build-system p) python-build-system)
-      (package
-        (inherit p)
+      (package/inherit p
         (location (package-location p))
         (name (let ((name (package-name p)))
                 (string-append new-prefix
@@ -131,8 +130,7 @@ pre-defined variants."
 
 (define (strip-python2-variant p)
   "Remove the 'python2-variant' property from P."
-  (package
-    (inherit p)
+  (package/inherit p
     (properties (alist-delete 'python2-variant (package-properties p)))))
 
 (define* (lower name