diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/update-zen.py b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/update-zen.py
index 3c51f806d..a8a363761 100755
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/update-zen.py
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/update-zen.py
@@ -64,16 +64,16 @@ def update_file(relpath, variant, version, suffix, sha256):
         for line in f:
             result = line
             result = re.sub(
-                fr'^    version = ".+"; #{variant}',
-                f'    version = "{version}"; #{variant}',
+                fr'^      version = ".+"; #{variant}',
+                f'      version = "{version}"; #{variant}',
                 result)
             result = re.sub(
-                fr'^    suffix = ".+"; #{variant}',
-                f'    suffix = "{suffix}"; #{variant}',
+                fr'^      suffix = ".+"; #{variant}',
+                f'      suffix = "{suffix}"; #{variant}',
                 result)
             result = re.sub(
-                fr'^    sha256 = ".+"; #{variant}',
-                f'    sha256 = "{sha256}"; #{variant}',
+                fr'^      sha256 = ".+"; #{variant}',
+                f'      sha256 = "{sha256}"; #{variant}',
                 result)
             print(result, end='')
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix
index 3acf40121..9e2c968ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildLinux, ... } @ args:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, buildLinux, variant, ... } @ args:
 
 let
   # comments with variant added for update script
-  # ./update-zen.py zen
-  zenVariant = {
-    version = "6.9.8"; #zen
-    suffix = "zen1"; #zen
-    sha256 = "1ixrdx2a6jp1x8kryjmxnrgl0fsrjg6fngg5c48vbl2574nizlbz"; #zen
-    isLqx = false;
-  };
-  # ./update-zen.py lqx
-  lqxVariant = {
-    version = "6.9.8"; #lqx
-    suffix = "lqx1"; #lqx
-    sha256 = "1r5ld2xibr0qkwi1yy7h746sclsmd8cq68z0zdpbbn2qrgyx302k"; #lqx
-    isLqx = true;
+  variants = {
+    # ./update-zen.py zen
+    zen = {
+      version = "6.9.8"; #zen
+      suffix = "zen1"; #zen
+      sha256 = "1ixrdx2a6jp1x8kryjmxnrgl0fsrjg6fngg5c48vbl2574nizlbz"; #zen
+      isLqx = false;
+    };
+    # ./update-zen.py lqx
+    lqx = {
+      version = "6.9.8"; #lqx
+      suffix = "lqx1"; #lqx
+      sha256 = "1r5ld2xibr0qkwi1yy7h746sclsmd8cq68z0zdpbbn2qrgyx302k"; #lqx
+      isLqx = true;
+    };
   };
   zenKernelsFor = { version, suffix, sha256, isLqx }: buildLinux (args // {
     inherit version;
@@ -123,7 +125,4 @@ let
 
   } // (args.argsOverride or { }));
 in
-{
-  zen = zenKernelsFor zenVariant;
-  lqx = zenKernelsFor lqxVariant;
-}
+zenKernelsFor variants.${variant}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
index bc80ec658..edc94fc34 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/linux-kernels.nix
@@ -227,19 +227,21 @@ in {
     # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/161773#discussion_r820134708
     zenKernels = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/zen-kernels.nix;
 
-    linux_zen = (zenKernels {
+    linux_zen = zenKernels {
+      variant = "zen";
       kernelPatches = [
         kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
         kernelPatches.request_key_helper
       ];
-    }).zen;
+    };
 
-    linux_lqx = (zenKernels {
+    linux_lqx = zenKernels {
+      variant = "lqx";
       kernelPatches = [
         kernelPatches.bridge_stp_helper
         kernelPatches.request_key_helper
       ];
-    }).lqx;
+    };
 
     # This contains the variants of the XanMod kernel
     xanmodKernels = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kernel/xanmod-kernels.nix {