diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bmp-plugins/wma/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/audio/bmp-plugins/wma/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index c70264d098c4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bmp-plugins/wma/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-buildFlags="-f Makefile.bmp"
-
-installPhase=installPhase
-installPhase() {
-    ensureDir "$out/lib/bmp/Input"
-    cp libwma.so "$out/lib/bmp/Input"
-}
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/bmp-plugins/wma/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/bmp-plugins/wma/default.nix
index 2812f4ce280f..617db6232a7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/bmp-plugins/wma/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/bmp-plugins/wma/default.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "bmp-plugin-wma-1.0.5";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://mcmcc.bat.ru/xmms-wma/xmms-wma-1.0.5.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "5d62a0f969617aeb40096362c7a8a506";
   };
+  
   buildInputs = [pkgconfig bmp];
+
+  buildFlags = "-f Makefile.bmp";
+  
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir "$out/lib/bmp/Input"
+    cp libwma.so "$out/lib/bmp/Input"
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-21/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-21/builder.sh
index e9c909739d53..acd98aefd048 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-21/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-21/builder.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ postConfigure() {
   cp $myglibc/lib/crti.o src
   cp $myglibc/lib/crtn.o src
 }
-postConfigure=postConfigure
 
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-22/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-22/builder.sh
index 33e72409ea11..7a82f6552efc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-22/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-22/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     libc=$(cat ${NIX_GCC}/nix-support/orig-libc)
     echo "libc: $libc"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-unicode/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-unicode/builder.sh
index 953965716b70..677311c4fd30 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-unicode/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/emacs-unicode/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     libc=$(cat ${NIX_GCC}/nix-support/orig-libc)
     echo "libc: $libc"
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/monodevelop/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/monodevelop/builder.sh
index a4f6edad04c3..c069edb3a6d4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/monodevelop/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/monodevelop/builder.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ source $makeWrapper
 
 export MONO_GAC_PREFIX=$monodoc:$gtksharp
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     mv $out/bin $out/bin-orig
     mkdir $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/monodoc/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/monodoc/builder.sh
index ee80be9d95c4..bcea7a7a89af 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/monodoc/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/monodoc/builder.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 source $makeWrapper
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     mv $out/bin $out/bin-orig
     mkdir $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/nedit/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/nedit/builder.sh
index a16ff3f32e92..51b5f1836546 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/nedit/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/nedit/builder.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ source $stdenv/setup
 
 export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-DBUILD_UNTESTED_NEDIT -L$motif/lib $NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE"
 
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
     ensureDir $out/bin
     cp -p source/nedit source/nc $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/f-spot/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/graphics/f-spot/builder.sh
index 2e3aaf894bf0..252c4f91e0c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/f-spot/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/f-spot/builder.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 source $makeWrapper
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     mv $out/bin $out/bin-orig
     mkdir $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xfig/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xfig/builder.sh
index 39fe5852309b..3f3f2d7649ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/xfig/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/xfig/builder.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ source $stdenv/setup
 
 makeFlags="XAWLIB=-lXaw3d BINDIR=$out/bin XAPPLOADDIR=$out/etc/X11/app-defaults LIBDIR=$out/lib/X11 XFIGDOCDIR=$out/share/doc/xfig MANPATH=$out/man"
 
-preBuild=preBuild
 preBuild() {
     echo "#define XAW3D" >> Imakefile.tmp
     echo "#define XAW3D1_5E" >> Imakefile.tmp
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e2afe082998..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-prefix=$out
-
-configurePhase() {
- echo ;
-}
-
-configurePhase=configurePhase
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix
index 271ed1a7ebb2..94af2ee58f55 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/cdrtools/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "cdrtools-2.01";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
+  configurePhase = "prefix=$out";  
+  
   #hack, I'm getting "chown: invalid user: `bin" error, so replace chown by a nop dummy script
   preInstall = ''
     mkdir "$TMP/bin"
@@ -12,10 +14,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       PATH="$TMP/bin:$PATH"
     done
   '';
+  
   src = fetchurl {
     url = ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/cdrtools-2.01.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "d44a81460e97ae02931c31188fe8d3fd";
   };
+  
   patches = [./cdrtools-2.01-install.patch];
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox-2/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox-2/builder.sh
index 4fa7fbb84ab5..e77bd2211de2 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox-2/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/firefox-2/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
 
     # Strip some more stuff
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/mozilla/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/mozilla/builder.sh
index c82d3d9783ea..483585dd1709 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/mozilla/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/mozilla/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     cat > .mozconfig <<EOF
 #. \$topsrcdir/browser/config/mozconfig
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ ac_add_options --enable-default-toolkit=gtk2
 EOF
 }
 
-#postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
 
     # Strip some more stuff
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/opera/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/opera/builder.sh
index 7b83f425557b..e9efbe068298 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/opera/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/opera/builder.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     true
 }
 
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
   set -x
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/builder.sh
index cb7a22fc3af3..c4b477fcec5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/mailreaders/thunderbird-2.x/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
 
     # Strip some more stuff
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
index 0c8ebc851390..dbfbbb47496e 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/office/openoffice/builder.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,10 @@ export NO_HIDS=TRUE
 
 export PATH=$icu/sbin:$PATH
 
-postUnpack=postUnpack
 postUnpack() {
   tar xvjf $src_system
 }
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     for i in sysui/desktop/share/makefile.mk; do 
 	substituteInPlace $i --replace /bin/bash $shell
@@ -23,8 +21,6 @@ preConfigure() {
     cd config_office/
 }
 
-
-postConfigure=postConfigure
 postConfigure() {
     cd ..
     for i in LinuxX86*Env.Set; do
@@ -35,15 +31,12 @@ postConfigure() {
 	--replace /usr/lib64/libjpeg.so $libjpeg/lib/libjpeg.so
 }
 
-
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     source LinuxX86*Env.Set.sh
     ./bootstrap
     dmake # wait a few hours...
 }
 
-
 wrapSOffice() {
     local fn=$1
     local arg=$2
@@ -61,8 +54,6 @@ EOF
     chmod +x $out/bin/$fn
 }
 
-
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
     ooFiles=$out/lib/openoffice
 
@@ -85,6 +76,5 @@ installPhase() {
     for i in writer calc draw impress base math web; do wrapSOffice oo$i -$i; done
 }
 
-
 genericBuild
 
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2005/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2005/builder.sh
index 8e01f6b8b3e0..e6b2bb8787ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2005/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2005/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     for i in bin/*; do
         patchelf \
@@ -10,10 +9,9 @@ buildPhase() {
     done
 }
 
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
     ensureDir $out
     cp -prvd * $out/
 }
 
-genericBuild
\ No newline at end of file
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2006/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2006/builder.sh
index 8e01f6b8b3e0..e6b2bb8787ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2006/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2006/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     for i in bin/*; do
         patchelf \
@@ -10,10 +9,9 @@ buildPhase() {
     done
 }
 
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
     ensureDir $out
     cp -prvd * $out/
 }
 
-genericBuild
\ No newline at end of file
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2007/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2007/builder.sh
index e2d2658024a4..e89ba5ae36ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2007/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2007/builder.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ source $stdenv/setup
 
 echo $NIX_GCC
 
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     for i in bin/*; do
         patchelf \
@@ -12,10 +11,9 @@ buildPhase() {
     done
 }
 
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
     ensureDir $out
     cp -prvd * $out/
 }
 
-genericBuild
\ No newline at end of file
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2008/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2008/builder.sh
index e2d2658024a4..e89ba5ae36ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2008/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/taxes/aangifte-2008/builder.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ source $stdenv/setup
 
 echo $NIX_GCC
 
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     for i in bin/*; do
         patchelf \
@@ -12,10 +11,9 @@ buildPhase() {
     done
 }
 
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
     ensureDir $out
     cp -prvd * $out/
 }
 
-genericBuild
\ No newline at end of file
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/rp9codecs/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/rp9codecs/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b8dfd5ce6b8e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/rp9codecs/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-buildPhase=true
-
-installPhase() {
-    mkdir $out
-    cp -prv * $out
-}
-installPhase=installPhase
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/rp9codecs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/rp9codecs/default.nix
index 27d95f21604f..4456fc031a7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/rp9codecs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/rp9codecs/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "MPlayer-rp9codecs-20050115";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/rp9codecs-20050115.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "353c22e2c992a1c730bdd5fade66a94e1a058e38063d2ce064a6510b70c39677";
   };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir $out
+    cp -prv * $out
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/win32codecs/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/win32codecs/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index b8dfd5ce6b8e..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/win32codecs/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-buildPhase=true
-
-installPhase() {
-    mkdir $out
-    cp -prv * $out
-}
-installPhase=installPhase
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/win32codecs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/win32codecs/default.nix
index e4e73f6ede35..569b67803744 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/win32codecs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/MPlayer/win32codecs/default.nix
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "MPlayer-codecs-essential-20071007";
   
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-  
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://www2.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/essential-20071007.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "18vls12n12rjw0mzw4pkp9vpcfmd1c21rzha19d7zil4hn7fs2ic";
   };
 
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir $out
+    cp -prv * $out
+  '';
+  
   meta = {
     license = "unfree";
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/mythtv/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/video/mythtv/builder.sh
index 3119b7893011..c73132b47bcc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/mythtv/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/mythtv/builder.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ buildPhase() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     sqlDir="$out/share/mythtv/sql"
     ensureDir $sqlDir
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/builder.sh b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/builder.sh
index 0691b4273254..4fe07f9323cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/gcc-wrapper/builder.sh
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ test -n "$libc" && echo $libc > $out/nix-support/orig-libc
 
 doSubstitute "$addFlags" "$out/nix-support/add-flags.sh"
 
-doSubstitute "$setupHook" "$out/nix-support/setup-hook"
-
 cp -p $utils $out/nix-support/utils.sh
 
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/superkaramba/builder.sh b/pkgs/desktops/superkaramba/builder.sh
index ef9d4f348d86..83332db6fd21 100755
--- a/pkgs/desktops/superkaramba/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/superkaramba/builder.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ source $stdenv/setup
 echo $xlibs2
 echo $x_libraries_env
 
-postConfigure=postConfigure
 postConfigure() {
   pwd;
   ls -l super*/src/Makefile;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-2.95/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-2.95/builder.sh
index cf12872f1c37..5244d986da08 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-2.95/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-2.95/builder.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     
     # Determine the frontends to build.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-3.3/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-3.3/builder.sh
index 20973c2623b9..5b80215cffb5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-3.3/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-3.3/builder.sh
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ EOF
     configureFlags="--enable-languages=$langs"
 }
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
-
 
 postConfigure() {
     if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
@@ -82,8 +80,6 @@ postConfigure() {
     fi
 }
 
-postConfigure=postConfigure
-
 
 buildFlags="bootstrap"
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-3.4/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-3.4/builder.sh
index eb1f211dce8f..5a43d600a503 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-3.4/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-3.4/builder.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
 fi
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     # Perform the build in a different directory.
     mkdir ../build
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     # Remove precompiled headers for now.  They are very big and
     # probably not very useful yet.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.0/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.0/builder.sh
index 5df3168027fe..08622c1899ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.0/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.0/builder.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
 fi
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     # Perform the build in a different directory.
     mkdir ../build
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     # Remove precompiled headers for now.  They are very big and
     # probably not very useful yet.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/builder.sh
index c17d04037027..f8abca122570 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.1/builder.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
 fi
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     # Perform the build in a different directory.
     mkdir ../build
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     # Remove precompiled headers for now.  They are very big and
     # probably not very useful yet.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.2/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.2/builder.sh
index ee11e974a404..d749fc08d2a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.2/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.2/builder.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
 fi
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     # Perform the build in a different directory.
     mkdir ../build
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     # Remove precompiled headers for now.  They are very big and
     # probably not very useful yet.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.3/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.3/builder.sh
index a6bbbd7a052c..2bc011e3e6e1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.3/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-4.3/builder.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
 fi
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     # Perform the build in a different directory.
     mkdir ../build
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     # Remove precompiled headers for now.  They are very big and
     # probably not very useful yet.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-apple/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-apple/builder.sh
index 8485b6efec0f..a10813e5e33c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-apple/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-apple/builder.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
 fi
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     
     # Determine the frontends to build.
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     # Remove precompiled headers for now.  They are very big and
     # probably not very useful yet.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-upc-4.0/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-upc-4.0/builder.sh
index 5df3168027fe..08622c1899ed 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-upc-4.0/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/gcc-upc-4.0/builder.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
 fi
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     # Perform the build in a different directory.
     mkdir ../build
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     # Remove precompiled headers for now.  They are very big and
     # probably not very useful yet.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/builder.sh
index 962e8d372388..fd44f6bf6a38 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/llvm/builder.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ if test "$noSysDirs" = "1"; then
 fi
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     # Perform the build in a different directory.
     mkdir ../build
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     # Remove precompiled headers for now.  They are very big and
     # probably not very useful yet.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl-5.8/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl-5.8/builder.sh
index c393cb0560b1..79458b3249b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl-5.8/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl-5.8/builder.sh
@@ -9,13 +9,11 @@ configureScript=./Configure
 configureFlags="-de -Dcc=gcc -Dprefix=$out -Uinstallusrbinperl $extraflags"
 dontAddPrefix=1
 
-preBuild=preBuild
 preBuild() {
     # Make Cwd work on NixOS (where we don't have a /bin/pwd).
     substituteInPlace lib/Cwd.pm --replace "'/bin/pwd'" "'$(type -tP pwd)'"
 }
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     ensureDir "$out/nix-support"
     cp $setupHook $out/nix-support/setup-hook
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/default.nix
index 726d2ac4aa96..e64d0442d3fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.4/default.nix
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   configureFlags = "--enable-shared";
   
-  preConfigure = "
+  preConfigure = ''
     # Purity.
     for i in /usr /sw /opt /pkg; do 
       substituteInPlace ./setup.py --replace $i /no-such-path
     done
-  ";
+  '';
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
   
-  postInstall = "
-    ensureDir $out/nix-support
-    cp ${./setup-hook.sh} $out/nix-support/setup-hook
+  postInstall = ''
     rm -rf $out/lib/python2.4/test
-  ";
+  '';
 
   passthru = {
     inherit zlibSupport;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.5/default.nix
index 7b009bbe0c0a..a9e63557524c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.5/default.nix
@@ -53,20 +53,20 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   configureFlags = "--enable-shared --with-wctype-functions";
   
-  preConfigure = "
+  preConfigure = ''
     # Purity.
     for i in /usr /sw /opt /pkg; do 
       substituteInPlace ./setup.py --replace $i /no-such-path
     done
-  " + (if readline != null then ''
+  '' + (if readline != null then ''
     export NIX_LDFLAGS="$NIX_LDFLAGS -lncurses"
   '' else "");
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
   
-  postInstall = "
-    ensureDir $out/nix-support
-    cp ${./setup-hook.sh} $out/nix-support/setup-hook
+  postInstall = ''
     rm -rf $out/lib/python2.5/test
-  ";
+  '';
 
   passthru = {
     inherit zlibSupport;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 24d4853de5d5..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-preConfigure() {
-  cd unix
-}
-
-preConfigure=preConfigure
-
-postInstall() {
-        make install-private-headers
-	ln -s $out/bin/tclsh8.4 $out/bin/tclsh
-}
-
-postInstall=postInstall
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/default.nix
index 5f9a4f9f90fa..7cc58b92145c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/tcl/default.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,19 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "tcl-8.4.18";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = mirror://sourceforge/tcl/tcl8.4.18-src.tar.gz;
     sha256 = "197h3m2lc5a6famc683zhjp55774gf8zwggfy2893v48lp5p7qny";
   };
+
+  preConfigure = "cd unix";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    make install-private-headers
+    ln -s $out/bin/tclsh8.4 $out/bin/tclsh
+  '';
+  
   meta = {
     description = "The Tcl scription language";
     homepage = http://www.tcl.tk/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/Xaw3d/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/Xaw3d/builder.sh
index bbe01704175c..afd640b625d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/Xaw3d/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/Xaw3d/builder.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-configurePhase=configurePhase
 configurePhase() {
     cd lib/Xaw3d
     (mkdir X11 && cd X11 && ln -fs .. Xaw3d)
     xmkmf
 }
 
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     make depend $makeFlags
     make $makeFlags
@@ -23,4 +21,4 @@ installPhase() {
 
 makeFlags="CDEBUGFLAGS=" # !!! awful hack
 
-genericBuild
\ No newline at end of file
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/builder.sh
index 0f7473a81b2e..3833cc1e6c15 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/builder.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@ preConfigure() {
   cp $dicts cracklib-dicts/
 }
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
-
 postInstall() {
   $out/sbin/cracklib-format cracklib-dicts/* | $out/sbin/cracklib-packer cracklib_dict
   cp cracklib_dict.* $out/lib
 }
 
-postInstall=postInstall
-
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/builder.sh
index d71bd8067436..b9d48b608032 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/builder.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,9 @@ preConfigure() {
     cd build_unix
     configureScript=../dist/configure
 }
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 
 postInstall() {
     rm -rf $out/docs
 }
-postInstall=postInstall
 
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/db4-4.4.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/db4-4.4.nix
index 4304cd8f9f39..7444439fc73d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/db4-4.4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/db4-4.4.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, cxxSupport ? true, compat185 ? true}:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation ({
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "db4-4.4.20";
+  
   builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       http://download.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.4.20.NC.tar.gz
@@ -10,8 +12,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation ({
     ];
     md5 = "afd9243ea353bbaa04421488d3b37900";
   };
+  
   configureFlags = [
     (if cxxSupport then "--enable-cxx" else "--disable-cxx")
     (if compat185 then "--enable-compat185" else "--disable-compat185")
   ];
-} // (if stdenv.system == "i686-cygwin" then {patches = [./cygwin-4.4.patch];} else {}))
+
+  patches = [ ./cygwin-4.4.patch ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/db4-4.5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/db4-4.5.nix
index c67deaeda45a..e5cf6f35a01f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/db4-4.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/db4/db4-4.5.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "db4-4.5.20";
+  
   builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://download-east.oracle.com/berkeley-db/db-4.5.20.tar.gz;
     md5 = "b0f1c777708cb8e9d37fb47e7ed3312d";
   };
+  
   configureFlags = [
     (if cxxSupport then "--enable-cxx" else "--disable-cxx")
     (if compat185 then "--enable-compat185" else "--disable-compat185")
   ];
+  
   patches = [./cygwin-4.5.patch ./register-race-fix.patch];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/builder.sh
index 8d5d6908f045..19ed717de3b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.5/builder.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ source $stdenv/setup
 export PWD_P=$(type -tP pwd)
 
 
-postUnpack=postUnpack
 postUnpack() {
     cd $sourceRoot
     unpackFile $linuxthreadsSrc
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ postUnpack() {
 }
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
 
     # Use Linuxthreads instead of NPTL.
@@ -34,7 +32,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postConfigure=postConfigure
 postConfigure() {
     # Hack: get rid of the `-static' flag set by the bootstrap stdenv.
     # This has to be done *after* `configure' because it builds some
@@ -44,7 +41,6 @@ postConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     if test -n "$installLocales"; then
         make localedata/install-locales
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.7/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.7/builder.sh
index 1bf806c01493..d5a43229bfaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.7/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glibc-2.7/builder.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ export PWD_P=$(type -tP pwd)
 export BASH_SHELL=$SHELL
 
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
 
     for i in configure io/ftwtest-sh; do
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postConfigure=postConfigure
 postConfigure() {
     # Hack: get rid of the `-static' flag set by the bootstrap stdenv.
     # This has to be done *after* `configure' because it builds some
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ postConfigure() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     if test -n "$installLocales"; then
         make localedata/install-locales
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg/builder.sh
index b5662f7eb675..923f4f839744 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libjpeg/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     # Workarounds for the ancient libtool shipped by libjpeg.
     ln -s $libtool/bin/libtool .
@@ -8,7 +7,6 @@ preConfigure() {
     cp $libtool/share/libtool/config.sub .
 }
 
-preInstall=preInstall
 preInstall() {
     mkdir $out
     mkdir $out/bin
@@ -18,7 +16,6 @@ preInstall() {
     mkdir $out/man/man1
 }
 
-patchPhase=patchPhase
 patchPhase() {
     for i in $patches; do
 	patch < $i
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/builder.sh
index b403f036b0e9..460ae17766af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/builder.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-ensureDir $out/nix-support
-substitute "$hook" "$out/nix-support/setup-hook" --subst-var out
 
-
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
 
     # Patch some of the configure files a bit to get of global paths.
@@ -30,7 +26,6 @@ configureScript() {
 }
 
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     # Qt's `make install' is broken; it copies ./bin/qmake, which
     # is a symlink to ./qmake/qmake.  So we end up with a dangling
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix
index e26c9072076d..e1bc3f897418 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/qt-3/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "qt-3.3.8";
 
   builder = ./builder.sh;
-  hook = ./setup-hook.sh;  
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = ftp://ftp.trolltech.com/qt/source/qt-x11-free-3.3.8.tar.bz2;
     sha256 = "0jd4g3bwkgk2s4flbmgisyihm7cam964gzb3pawjlkhas01zghz8";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysqlite/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysqlite/builder.sh
index e1ca0e4a8fc8..04027c22971a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysqlite/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pysqlite/builder.sh
@@ -6,16 +6,13 @@ configurePhase() {
 		--replace "/usr/local/lib" "$sqlite/lib"
 	cp setup.cfg /tmp
 }
-configurePhase=configurePhase
 
 buildPhase() {
 	$python/bin/python setup.py build
 }
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 
 installPhase() {
 	$python/bin/python setup.py install --prefix=$out
 }
-installPhase=installPhase
 
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder.sh
index e4dce866c676..ed7177081f9f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/wxPython/builder.sh
@@ -5,16 +5,13 @@ flags="WXPORT=gtk2 NO_HEADERS=1 BUILD_GLCANVAS=0 BUILD_OGL=0 UNICODE=1"
 configurePhase() {
     cd wxPython
 }
-configurePhase=configurePhase
 
 buildPhase() {
     python setup.py $flags build
 }
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 
 installPhase() {
     python setup.py $flags install --prefix=$out
 }
-installPhase=installPhase
 
-genericBuild
\ No newline at end of file
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jikespg/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jikespg/builder.sh
index 42fe7fdd6246..090def7c4643 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jikespg/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/jikespg/builder.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@ source $stdenv/setup
 
 set -e
 
-configurePhase=configurePhase
 configurePhase() {
   tar zxvf $src 
   cd jikespg/src
 }
 
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
   ensureDir $out/bin
   cp jikespg $out/bin
 }
 
-genericBuild
\ No newline at end of file
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/games/exult/builder.sh b/pkgs/games/exult/builder.sh
index 33ed6ffd3fe6..b13e8c6d2348 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/exult/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/games/exult/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     ensureDir $out/share/exult/music
     for i in $musicFiles; do
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/busybox/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/busybox/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index bee57504f93a..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/busybox/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-export installFlags="PREFIX=$out"
-
-preBuild() {
-	cp $config .config
-	make include/bb_config.h
-}
-
-preBuild=preBuild
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/busybox/busybox-1.2.nix b/pkgs/misc/busybox/busybox-1.2.nix
index 7806088a164c..ce88e194d9ff 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/busybox/busybox-1.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/busybox/busybox-1.2.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "busybox-1.2.2.1";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://busybox.net/downloads/busybox-1.2.2.1.tar.bz2;
@@ -10,7 +9,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   # inherit gccCross;
+  
   # buildinputs = [binutilsCross];
+  
   # fixme, need a decent config for MIPS or so
-  config = ./x86-config-1.2;
+  preBuild = ''
+    installFlags="PREFIX=$out"
+    cp ${./x86-config-1.2} .config
+    make include/bb_config.h
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/atari800/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/emulators/atari800/builder.sh
index 04351a9bca1c..f0fcb5150c88 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/atari800/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/atari800/builder.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     cd src
 }
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     romsDir=$out/share/atari800/roms
     ensureDir $romsDir
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/builder.sh
index d2e33f26bfc2..361b7f77f0c6 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     # "ijs" is impure: it contains symlinks to /usr/share/automake etc.!
     rm -rf ijs/ltmain.sh
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ preConfigure() {
 
 installTargets="install install-so install-data install-doc install-man"
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     for i in $fonts; do
         (cd $out/share/ghostscript && tar xvfz $i)
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/linuxwacom/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/linuxwacom/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index d38726c7efb6..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/linuxwacom/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-postInstall() {
-  if test -n "$udevSupport"; then
-    ensureDir $out/etc/udev/rules.d
-    cp $udevRules $out/etc/udev/rules.d/10-wacom.rules
-  fi
-}
-
-postInstall=postInstall
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/linuxwacom/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/linuxwacom/default.nix
index 7fbf62b05895..8b1c2ced55bc 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/linuxwacom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/linuxwacom/default.nix
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "linuxwacom-0.7.2";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://nixos.org/tarballs/linuxwacom-0.7.2.tar.bz2;
     md5 = "3f6290101d5712a24097243ca9f092ed";
   };
+  
   buildInputs = [libX11 libXi];
-  udevRules = ./10-wacom.rules;
-  inherit udevSupport;
+  
+  postInstall = ''
+    if test -n "${toString udevSupport}"; then
+      ensureDir $out/etc/udev/rules.d
+      cp ${./10-wacom.rules} $out/etc/udev/rules.d/10-wacom.rules
+    fi
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c40eaaa9b96..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-postInstall() {
-  if test "$udevSupport" = "1" ; then
-    ensureDir $out/etc/udev/rules.d/
-    cp tools/udev/libsane.rules $out/etc/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules
-  fi
-}
-
-postInstall=postInstall
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix
index 561e053416e0..a24e72d70e6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/sane-backends/default.nix
@@ -5,17 +5,27 @@ assert hotplugSupport -> stdenv.system == "i686-linux";
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "sane-backends-1.0.18";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
   src = fetchurl {
     url = ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/sane-backends-1.0.18/sane-backends-1.0.18.tar.gz;
     md5 = "7ca7e2908e24721471de92cf40c75e60";
   };
+  
   udevSupport = hotplugSupport;
 
-  buildInputs = (if libusb != null then [libusb] else []);
+  buildInputs = if libusb != null then [libusb] else [];
 
-  preInstall = (if gt68xxFirmware != null then 
-	"mkdir -p \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx ; ln -s " +  
-	(gt68xxFirmware {inherit fetchurl;})+ " \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx/PS1fw.usb "
-	 else "");
+  postInstall = ''
+    if test "$udevSupport" = "1"; then
+      ensureDir $out/etc/udev/rules.d/
+      cp tools/udev/libsane.rules $out/etc/udev/rules.d/60-libsane.rules
+    fi
+  '';
+
+  preInstall =
+    if gt68xxFirmware != null then 
+      "mkdir -p \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx ; ln -s " +  
+      (gt68xxFirmware {inherit fetchurl;}) +
+      "  \${out}/share/sane/gt68xx/PS1fw.usb "
+    else "";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tex/tetex/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/tex/tetex/builder.sh
index b43b7ed93ec2..0611f6763472 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/tex/tetex/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tex/tetex/builder.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,4 @@ configureFlags="\
   --with-system-ncurses \
   "
 
-postInstall() {
-    ensureDir "$out/nix-support"
-    cp $setupHook $out/nix-support/setup-hook
-}
-postInstall=postInstall
-
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dietlibc/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dietlibc/builder.sh
index 50779de8f996..ee0cb2b7522b 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dietlibc/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dietlibc/builder.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ source $stdenv/setup
 makeFlags="prefix=$out"
 installFlags="prefix=$out"
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     (cd $out && ln -s lib-* lib)
     (cd $out/lib && ln -s start.o crt1.o)
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/initscripts/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/initscripts/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 37bc538d692f..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/initscripts/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-export ROOT=$out
-
-buildPhase() {
-  cd src
-  make
-}
-
-buildPhase=buildPhase
-
-installPhase() {
-  make install
-  cd ..; cp -af rc.d sysconfig ppp $ROOT/etc
-
-}
-
-installPhase=installPhase
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/initscripts/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/initscripts/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index acb138265154..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/initscripts/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, popt, pkgconfig, glib}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "initscripts-8.18";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
-  src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://nixos.org/tarballs/initscripts-8.18.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "1b89ac4d344f1f20fe5022a198b69915";
-  };
-  buildInputs = [popt pkgconfig glib];
-  patches = [./initscripts-8.18.patch];
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/initscripts/initscripts-8.18.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/initscripts/initscripts-8.18.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c548b99b4f16..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/initscripts/initscripts-8.18.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-diff -ruN initscripts-8.18/src/Makefile initscripts-8.18.new/src/Makefile
---- initscripts-8.18/src/Makefile	2005-03-31 22:52:04.000000000 +0200
-+++ initscripts-8.18.new/src/Makefile	2005-12-12 17:54:14.000000000 +0100
-@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
- CFLAGS+=$(RPM_OPT_FLAGS) -Wall -D_GNU_SOURCE
- 
- PROGS=usernetctl doexec netreport testd usleep ipcalc initlog \
--	getkey ppp-watch consoletype genhostid kmodule
-+	getkey consoletype genhostid
-+	#getkey ppp-watch consoletype genhostid kmodule
- PPPWATCH_OBJS=ppp-watch.o shvar.o
- INITLOG_OBJS=initlog.o process.o
- USLEEP_OBJS=usleep.o
- 
--mandir=/usr/share/man
-+mandir=
- 
- all:	$(PROGS)
- 
-@@ -14,9 +15,9 @@
- 	rm -f $(PROGS) *.o
- 
- install:
--	mkdir -p $(ROOT)/bin $(ROOT)/usr/sbin $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man{1,8} $(ROOT)/etc
-+	mkdir -p $(ROOT)/bin $(ROOT)/sbin $(ROOT)/usr/sbin $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man{1,8} $(ROOT)/etc
- 	install -m 755 doexec $(ROOT)/bin/doexec
--	install -m 755 kmodule $(ROOT)/sbin/kmodule
-+	#install -m 755 kmodule $(ROOT)/sbin/kmodule
- 	install -m 755 usleep $(ROOT)/bin/usleep
- 	install -m 4755 usernetctl $(ROOT)/usr/sbin/usernetctl
- 	install -m 2755 netreport $(ROOT)/sbin/netreport
-@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
- 	install -m 755 genhostid $(ROOT)/sbin/genhostid
- 	install -m 755 initlog $(ROOT)/sbin/initlog
- 	install -m 755 getkey $(ROOT)/sbin/getkey
--	install -m 755 ppp-watch $(ROOT)/sbin/ppp-watch
-+	#install -m 755 ppp-watch $(ROOT)/sbin/ppp-watch
- 	install -m 755 consoletype $(ROOT)/sbin/consoletype
- 	install -m 644 initlog.1 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man1
- 	install -m 644 genhostid.1 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man1
-@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
- 	install -m 644 netreport.1 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man1
- 	install -m 644 usleep.1 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man1
- 	install -m 644 usernetctl.8 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man8
--	install -m 644 ppp-watch.8 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man8
-+	#install -m 644 ppp-watch.8 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man8
- 	install -m 644 ipcalc.1 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man1
- 	install -m 644 consoletype.1 $(ROOT)$(mandir)/man1
- 	install -m 644 initlog.conf $(ROOT)/etc
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers-cross/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers-cross/builder.sh
index 277246a27d0c..3bc4abc92331 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers-cross/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel-headers-cross/builder.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ buildPhase() {
     make include/linux/version.h
 }
 
-buildPhase=buildPhase
-
 
 installPhase() {
     mkdir $out
@@ -29,7 +27,5 @@ installPhase() {
     echo -n > $out/include/linux/autoconf.h
 }
 
-installPhase=installPhase
-
 
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/builder.sh
index 84064134d01f..823e2139c558 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kernel/builder.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
 
-configurePhase=configurePhase
 configurePhase() {
     if test -n "$preConfigure"; then 
         eval "$preConfigure"; 
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ configurePhase() {
 }
 
 
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
 
     ensureDir $out
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/builder.sh
index 7bb77608cf9b..4ae5a9d080b1 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-preBuild=preBuild
 preBuild() {
     mkdir -p linux/include
     cp -prd $kernel/lib/modules/*/build/include/* linux/include/
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kudzu/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kudzu/builder.sh
index 7493b6f6df4c..744d1d516a33 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kudzu/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kudzu/builder.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,4 @@ preInstall() {
   make install-program
 }
 
-preInstall=preInstall
-
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/squashfs/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/squashfs/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ca514515c450..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/squashfs/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-preBuild() {
-  cd squashfs-tools
-}
-
-preBuild=preBuild
-
-installPhase() {
-  ensureDir $out/sbin
-  cp mksquashfs $out/sbin
-  cp unsquashfs $out/sbin
-}
-
-installPhase=installPhase
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/squashfs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/squashfs/default.nix
index 00ce8fba56e8..8fdf288d7dd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/squashfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/squashfs/default.nix
@@ -2,10 +2,21 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "squashfs-3.3";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
   src = fetchurl {
     url = mirror://sourceforge/squashfs/squashfs3.3.tgz;
     sha256 = "1j55m26nyvlbld4yxad0r6s1f4rdw9yg89y2gv93ihkx3rx048w4";
   };
+  
   buildInputs = [zlib];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    cd squashfs-tools
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/sbin
+    cp mksquashfs $out/sbin
+    cp unsquashfs $out/sbin
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/builder.sh
index 48574d6ec3e9..198fa9ba4160 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysvinit/builder.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ makeFlagsArray=(LCRYPT=-lcrypt BIN_OWNER=$(id -u) BIN_GROUP=$(id -g) ROOT=$out)
 
 preBuild="cd src"
 
-preInstall=preInstall
 preInstall() {
     substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /usr /
     mkdir $out
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ preInstall() {
     mkdir $out/share/man/man8
 }
 
-postInstall=postInstall
 postInstall() {
     if test -n "$withoutInitTools"; then
 	mv $out/sbin/killall5 $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/imake.sh b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/imake.sh
index 2de4412e063b..131ce0e832ca 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/imake.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/imake.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-preInstall=preInstall
 preInstall() {
     ensureDir $out/lib/X11/config
     ln -s $xorgcffiles/lib/X11/config/* $out/lib/X11/config
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/xorgserver.sh b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/xorgserver.sh
index d0ee29dabcf6..0beb09d61a7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/xorgserver.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/x11/xorg/xorgserver.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # NixOS, so force Make to search in our own Glibc.
 export VPATH=$(cat ${NIX_GCC}/nix-support/orig-libc)/lib
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     unpackFile $mesaSrc
     configureFlags="$configureFlags --with-mesa-source=$(ls -d $(pwd)/Mesa-*)"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/builder.sh
index 3474d3eeb0de..95a1a6da9b59 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/admin/tightvnc/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     xmkmf
     make World
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ buildPhase() {
 	cd ..
 }
 
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
     ensureDir $out/bin
     ensureDir $out/man/man1
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/builder.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index fc38b0043813..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/builder.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-source $stdenv/setup
-
-builder() {
-    make -f unix/Makefile generic
-}
-
-installer() {
-    make -f unix/Makefile prefix=$out install
-}
-
-buildPhase=builder
-installPhase=installer
-
-genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/default.nix
index 9e17e2d9edd2..c72def3731a3 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/unzip/default.nix
@@ -2,13 +2,17 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "unzip-5.52";
-  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
   src = fetchurl {
     url = http://nixos.org/tarballs/unzip552.tar.gz;
     md5 = "9d23919999d6eac9217d1f41472034a9";
   };
 
+  buildPhase = "make -f unix/Makefile generic";
+
+  installPhase = "make -f unix/Makefile prefix=$out install";
+
   meta = {
-	  homepage = http://www.info-zip.org;
+    homepage = http://www.info-zip.org;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/zdelta/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/compression/zdelta/builder.sh
index adbddfdf9f5a..376c0bf4f39c 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/zdelta/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/zdelta/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-installPhase=installPhase
 installPhase() {
     ensureDir $out/bin
     cp -p zdc zdu $out/bin
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/builder.sh
index 11ff6f5a332b..89d4e3b98eaf 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/ploticus/builder.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@ preBuild() {
   cd src
 }
 
-preBuild=preBuild
-
 preInstall() {
   ensureDir $out/bin
 }
 
-preInstall=preInstall
-
 postInstall() {
   # Install the "prefabs".
   ensureDir $out/share/ploticus/prefabs &&		\
@@ -34,7 +30,4 @@ EOF
   ln -s "$out/man/man1/pl.1" "$out/man/man1/ploticus.1"
 }
 
-postInstall=postInstall
-
-
 genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/transfig/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/graphics/transfig/builder.sh
index d00aa90c61f0..f128c4ce3648 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/transfig/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/transfig/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-patchPhase=patchPhase
 patchPhase() {
     for i in $patches; do
         header "applying patch $i" 3
@@ -25,14 +24,12 @@ configureImakefiles() {
     cp tmpsed transfig/Imakefile
 }
 
-buildPhase=buildPhase
 buildPhase() {
     xmkmf
     make Makefiles
     make
 }
 
-preInstall=preInstall
 preInstall() {
     ensureDir $out
     ensureDir $out/lib
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/builder.sh
index 645d93264065..19c3d6087361 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/dhcp/builder.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ makeFlagsArray=(CLIENT_PATH='\"FAKE_PATH=/nothing\"' \
     LIBDIR=$out/lib INCDIR=$out/include VARDB=$OUT/var/run \
 )
 
-configurePhase=configurePhase
 configurePhase() {
     # Patch the header that contains absolute paths to the tools.
     sed -i "includes/dhcpd.h" \
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ configurePhase() {
     ./configure
 }
 
-preBuild=preBuild
 preBuild() {
     substituteInPlace client/scripts/linux --replace /bin/bash $shell
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/builder.sh
index c5545c7456ca..aaf20c63899e 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/builder.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 source $stdenv/setup
 
-preConfigure=preConfigure
 preConfigure() {
     if test -n "$idea"; then
         gunzip < $idea > ./cipher/idea.c
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c767b41e59d7..7b6aef799b65 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4615,11 +4615,6 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig libdaemon;
   };
 
-  initscripts = import ../os-specific/linux/initscripts {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv popt pkgconfig;
-    inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
-  };
-
   iproute = import ../os-specific/linux/iproute {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv flex bison db4;
   };