diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/copy-tarballs.sh b/maintainers/scripts/copy-tarballs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..76ced8a01d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/copy-tarballs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#! /bin/sh -e
+
+distDir=/data/webserver/tarballs
+
+urls=$(nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml --strict pkgs/top-level/build-for-release.nix \
+    | grep -A2 'name="urls"' \
+    | grep '<string value=' \
+    | sed 's/.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/' \
+    | sort | uniq)
+
+for url in $urls; do
+    
+    if echo "$url" | grep -q -E "www.cs.uu.nl|nixos.org|.stratego-language.org|java.sun.com|ut2004|linuxq3a|RealPlayer|Adbe|belastingdienst|microsoft|armijn/.nix|sun.com|archive.eclipse.org"; then continue; fi
+
+    base="$(basename "$url")"
+    newPath="$distDir/$base"
+
+    if ! test -e "$newPath"; then
+
+        #if echo $url | grep -q 'mirror://'; then
+        #   echo "$fn: skipping mirrored $url"
+        #   continue
+        #fi
+
+        echo "downloading $url to $newPath"
+
+        if test -n "$doCopy"; then
+            declare -a res
+            if ! res=($(PRINT_PATH=1 nix-prefetch-url "$url")); then
+                continue
+            fi
+            storePath=${res[1]}
+            cp $storePath "$newPath.tmp.$$"
+            mv -f "$newPath.tmp.$$" "$newPath"
+        fi
+        
+    fi
+
+    if test -n "$doCopy" -a -e "$newPath"; then
+
+        echo "hashing $newPath"
+
+        md5=$(nix-hash --flat --type md5 "$newPath")
+        ln -sfn "../$base" $distDir/md5/$md5
+
+        sha1=$(nix-hash --flat --type sha1 "$newPath")
+        ln -sfn "../$base" $distDir/sha1/$sha1
+
+        sha256=$(nix-hash --flat --type sha256 "$newPath")
+        ln -sfn "../$base" $distDir/sha256/$sha256
+        ln -sfn "../$base" $distDir/sha256/$(nix-hash --type sha256 --to-base32 "$sha256")
+
+    fi
+
+done
+
+echo DONE
diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/evacuate-urls.sh b/maintainers/scripts/evacuate-urls.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 21c346e607cf..000000000000
--- a/maintainers/scripts/evacuate-urls.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh -e
-
-distDir=/data/webserver/dist/tarballs
-
-find "$1" -name "*.nix" | while read fn; do
-
-    grep -E '^ *url = ' "$fn" | while read line; do
-
-        if url=$(echo "$line" | sed 's^url = \(.*\);^\1^'); then
-
-            if ! echo "$url" | grep -q -E "www.cs.uu.nl|nixos.org|.stratego-language.org|java.sun.com|ut2004|linuxq3a|RealPlayer|Adbe|belastingdienst|microsoft|armijn/.nix|sun.com|archive.eclipse.org"; then
-                base="$(basename "$url")"
-                newPath="$distDir/$base"
-
-		if test -e "$newPath"; then
-
-		    #echo "$fn: checking hash of existing $newPath"
-		    hash=$(fgrep -A 1 "$url" "$fn" | grep md5 | sed 's^.*md5 = \"\(.*\)\";.*^\1^')
-		    hashType=md5
-		    if test -z "$hash"; then
-			hash=$(fgrep -A 1 "$url" "$fn" | grep sha256 | sed 's^.*sha256 = \"\(.*\)\";.*^\1^')
-			hashType="sha256 --base32"
-			if test -n "$hash"; then
-			    if test "${#hash}" = 64; then
-				hash=$(nix-hash --to-base32 --type sha256 $hash)
-			    fi
-			else
-			    hash=$(fgrep -A 1 "$url" "$fn" | grep sha1 | sed 's^.*sha1 = \"\(.*\)\";.*^\1^')
-			    hashType="sha1"
-			    if test -z "$hash"; then
-				echo "WARNING: $fn: cannot figure out the hash for $url"
-				continue
-			    fi
-			fi
-		    fi
-		    #echo "HASH = $hash"
-		    if ! test "$(nix-hash --type $hashType --flat "$newPath")" = "$hash"; then
-			echo "WARNING: $fn: $newPath exists and differs, hash should be $hash!"
-			continue
-		    fi
-
-		else
-
-		    if echo $url | grep -q 'mirror://'; then
-			#echo "$fn: skipping mirrored $url"
-			continue
-		    fi
-
-		    echo "$fn: $url -> $newPath"
-
-		    if test -n "$doCopy"; then
-			if ! curl --disable-epsv --fail --location --max-redirs 20 --remote-time \
-			    "$url" --output "$newPath".tmp; then
-			    continue
-			fi
-		        mv -f "$newPath".tmp "$newPath"
-		    fi
-
-		fi
-
-		if test -n "$doCopy" -a -e "$newPath"; then
-
-		    md5=$(nix-hash --flat --type md5 "$newPath")
-		    ln -sfn "../$base" $distDir/md5/$md5
-
-		    sha1=$(nix-hash --flat --type sha1 "$newPath")
-		    ln -sfn "../$base" $distDir/sha1/$sha1
-
-		    sha256=$(nix-hash --flat --type sha256 "$newPath")
-		    ln -sfn "../$base" $distDir/sha256/$sha256
-		    ln -sfn "../$base" $distDir/sha256/$(nix-hash --type sha256 --to-base32 "$sha256")
-
-		fi
-
-            fi
-            
-        fi
-    
-    done
-
-done
-
-echo DONE