diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/build-rebar3.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/build-rebar3.nix
index 651c024db095..dc882a133188 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/build-rebar3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/build-rebar3.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, writeText, erlang, rebar3WithPlugins, openssl, libyaml,
-  pc, lib }:
+{ stdenv, writeText, erlang, rebar3WithPlugins, openssl, libyaml, lib }:
 
 { name, version
 , src
 , setupHook ? null
 , buildInputs ? [], beamDeps ? [], buildPlugins ? []
 , postPatch ? ""
-, compilePorts ? false
 , installPhase ? null
 , buildPhase ? null
 , configurePhase ? null
@@ -21,7 +19,6 @@ let
 
   rebar3 = rebar3WithPlugins {
     plugins = buildPlugins;
-    globalPlugins = (if compilePorts then [pc] else []);
   };
 
   shell = drv: stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -52,18 +49,9 @@ let
       rm -f rebar rebar3
     '' + postPatch;
 
-    configurePhase = ''
-      runHook preConfigure
-      ${erlang}/bin/escript ${rebar3.bootstrapper} ${debugInfoFlag}
-      runHook postConfigure
-    '';
-
     buildPhase = ''
       runHook preBuild
-      HOME=. rebar3 compile
-      ${if compilePorts then ''
-        HOME=. rebar3 pc compile
-      '' else ""}
+      HOME=. rebar3 bare compile -path ""
       runHook postBuild
     '';
 
@@ -71,10 +59,9 @@ let
       runHook preInstall
       mkdir -p "$out/lib/erlang/lib/${name}-${version}"
       for reldir in src ebin priv include; do
-        fd="_build/default/lib/${name}/$reldir"
-        [ -d "$fd" ] || continue
-        cp -Hrt "$out/lib/erlang/lib/${name}-${version}" "$fd"
-        success=1
+        [ -d "$reldir" ] || continue
+        # $out/lib/erlang/lib is a convention used in nixpkgs for compiled BEAM packages
+        cp -Hrt "$out/lib/erlang/lib/${name}-${version}" "$reldir"
       done
       runHook postInstall
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/default.nix
index 95ffc0c957cc..5867db0b573b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/default.nix
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ let
       sha256 = "1pcy5m79g0l9l3d8lkbx6cq1w87z1g3sa6wwvgbgraj2v3wkyy5g";
     };
 
-    bootstrapper = ./rebar3-nix-bootstrap;
-
     buildInputs = [ erlang ];
 
     postPatch = ''
@@ -106,7 +104,7 @@ let
       }));
     in stdenv.mkDerivation {
       pname = "rebar3-with-plugins";
-      inherit (rebar3) version bootstrapper;
+      inherit (rebar3) version;
       nativeBuildInputs = [ erlang makeWrapper ];
       unpackPhase = "true";
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/rebar3-nix-bootstrap b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/rebar3-nix-bootstrap
deleted file mode 100755
index 8bfbb8fb6859..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/rebar3-nix-bootstrap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,228 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env escript
-%% -*- erlang-indent-level: 4;indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
-%%! -smp enable
-%%% ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-%%% @doc
-%%% The purpose of this command is to prepare a rebar3 project so that
-%%% rebar3 understands that the dependencies are all already
-%%% installed. If you want a hygienic build on nix then you must run
-%%% this command before running rebar3. I suggest that you add a
-%%% `Makefile` to your project and have the bootstrap command be a
-%%% dependency of the build commands. See the nix documentation for
-%%% more information.
-%%%
-%%% This command designed to have as few dependencies as possible so
-%%% that it can be a dependency of root level packages like rebar3. To
-%%% that end it does many things in a fairly simplistic way. That is
-%%% by design.
-%%%
-%%% ### Assumptions
-%%%
-%%% This command makes the following assumptions:
-%%%
-%%% * It is run in a nix-shell or nix-build environment
-%%% * that all dependencies have been added to the ERL_LIBS
-%%%   Environment Variable
-
--record(data, {version
-              , debug_info = false
-              , erl_libs
-              , root
-              , name}).
-
--define(HEX_REGISTRY_PATH, ".cache/rebar3/hex/default/registry").
-
-main(Args) ->
-    {ok, ArgData} = parse_args(Args),
-    {ok, RequiredData} = gather_required_data_from_the_environment(ArgData),
-    do_the_bootstrap(RequiredData).
-
--spec do_the_bootstrap(#data{}) -> ok.
-do_the_bootstrap(RequiredData) ->
-    ok = bootstrap_configs(RequiredData),
-    ok = bootstrap_libs(RequiredData).
-
-%% @doc
-%% Argument parsing is super simple only because we want to keep the
-%% dependencies minimal. For now there can be one entry on the
-%% command line: "debug-info"
--spec parse_args([string()]) -> #data{}.
-parse_args(Args0) ->
-    PossibleArgs = sets:from_list(["debug-info"]),
-    Args1 = sets:from_list(Args0),
-    Result = sets:subtract(Args1, PossibleArgs),
-    case sets:to_list(Result) of
-        [] ->
-            {ok, #data{debug_info = sets:is_element("debug-info", Args1)}};
-        UnknownArgs ->
-            io:format("Unexpected command line arguments passed in: ~p~n",
-                      [UnknownArgs]),
-            erlang:halt(120)
-    end.
-
-
--spec bootstrap_configs(#data{}) -> ok.
-bootstrap_configs(RequiredData)->
-    io:format("Boostrapping app and rebar configurations~n"),
-    ok = if_single_app_project_update_app_src_version(RequiredData),
-    ok = if_debug_info_add(RequiredData).
-
--spec bootstrap_libs(#data{}) -> ok.
-bootstrap_libs(#data{erl_libs = ErlLibs}) ->
-    io:format("Bootstrapping dependent libraries~n"),
-    Target = "_build/default/lib/",
-    Paths = string:tokens(ErlLibs, ":"),
-    CopiableFiles =
-        lists:foldl(fun(Path, Acc) ->
-                            gather_directory_contents(Path) ++ Acc
-                    end, [], Paths),
-    lists:foreach(fun (Path) ->
-                          ok = link_app(Path, Target)
-                  end, CopiableFiles).
-
--spec gather_dependency(string()) -> [{string(), string()}].
-gather_dependency(Path) ->
-    FullLibrary = filename:join(Path, "lib/erlang/lib/"),
-    case filelib:is_dir(FullLibrary) of
-        true ->
-            gather_directory_contents(FullLibrary);
-        false ->
-            [raw_hex(Path)]
-    end.
-
--spec raw_hex(string()) -> {string(), string()}.
-raw_hex(Path) ->
-    [_, Name] = re:split(Path, "-hex-source-"),
-    {Path, erlang:binary_to_list(Name)}.
-
--spec gather_directory_contents(string()) -> [{string(), string()}].
-gather_directory_contents(Path) ->
-    {ok, Names} = file:list_dir(Path),
-    lists:map(fun(AppName) ->
-                 {filename:join(Path, AppName), fixup_app_name(AppName)}
-              end, Names).
-
-%% @doc
-%% Makes a symlink from the directory pointed at by Path to a
-%% directory of the same name in Target. So if we had a Path of
-%% {`foo/bar/baz/bash`, `baz`} and a Target of `faz/foo/foos`, the symlink
-%% would be `faz/foo/foos/baz`.
--spec link_app({string(), string()}, string()) -> ok.
-link_app({Path, TargetFile}, TargetDir) ->
-    Target = filename:join(TargetDir, TargetFile),
-    make_symlink(Path, Target).
-
--spec make_symlink(string(), string()) -> ok.
-make_symlink(Path, TargetFile) ->
-    file:delete(TargetFile),
-    ok = filelib:ensure_dir(TargetFile),
-    io:format("Making symlink from ~s to ~s~n", [Path, TargetFile]),
-    ok = file:make_symlink(Path, TargetFile).
-
-%% @doc
-%% This takes an app name in the standard OTP <name>-<version> format
-%% and returns just the app name. Why? Because rebar doesn't
-%% respect OTP conventions in some cases.
--spec fixup_app_name(string()) -> string().
-fixup_app_name(FileName) ->
-    case string:tokens(FileName, "-") of
-        [Name] -> Name;
-        [Name, _Version] -> Name;
-        [Name, _Version, _Tag] -> Name
-    end.
-
--spec gather_required_data_from_the_environment(#data{}) -> {ok, #data{}}.
-gather_required_data_from_the_environment(ArgData) ->
-    {ok, ArgData#data{ version = guard_env("version")
-                     , erl_libs = get_env("ERL_LIBS", [])
-                     , root = code:root_dir()
-                     , name = guard_env("name")
-                     }}.
-
--spec nix2bool(any()) -> boolean().
-nix2bool("1") ->
-    true;
-nix2bool("") ->
-    false.
-
-get_env(Name) ->
-    os:getenv(Name).
-get_env(Name, Def) ->
-    case get_env(Name) of
-        false -> Def;
-        Val ->   Val
-    end.
-
--spec guard_env(string()) -> string().
-guard_env(Name) ->
-    case get_env(Name) of
-        false ->
-            stderr("Expected Environment variable ~s! Are you sure you are "
-                   "running in a Nix environment? Either a nix-build, "
-                   "nix-shell, etc?~n", [Name]),
-            erlang:halt(1);
-        Variable ->
-            Variable
-    end.
-
-%% @doc
-%% If debug info is set we need to add debug info to the list of compile options
-%%
--spec if_debug_info_add(#data{}) -> ok.
-if_debug_info_add(#data{debug_info = true}) ->
-    ConfigTerms = add_debug_info(read_rebar_config()),
-    Text = lists:map(fun(Term) -> io_lib:format("~tp.~n", [Term]) end,
-                     ConfigTerms),
-    file:write_file("rebar.config", Text);
-if_debug_info_add(_) ->
-    ok.
-
--spec add_debug_info([term()]) -> [term()].
-add_debug_info(Config) ->
-    ExistingOpts = case lists:keysearch(erl_opts, 1, Config) of
-                       {value, {erl_opts, ExistingOptsList}} -> ExistingOptsList;
-                       _ -> []
-                   end,
-    case lists:member(debug_info, ExistingOpts) of
-        true ->
-            Config;
-        false ->
-            lists:keystore(erl_opts, 1, Config,
-                           {erl_opts, [debug_info | ExistingOpts]})
-    end.
-
--spec read_rebar_config() -> [term()].
-read_rebar_config() ->
-    case file:consult("rebar.config") of
-        {ok, Terms} ->
-            Terms;
-        _ ->
-            stderr("Unable to read rebar config!", []),
-            erlang:halt(1)
-    end.
-
-
--spec if_single_app_project_update_app_src_version(#data{}) -> ok.
-if_single_app_project_update_app_src_version(#data{name = Name,
-                                                   version = Version}) ->
-    SrcFile = filename:join("src",
-                            lists:concat([Name, ".app.src"])),
-
-    case filelib:is_file(SrcFile) of
-        true ->
-            update_app_src_with_version(SrcFile, Version);
-        false ->
-            ok
-    end.
-
--spec update_app_src_with_version(string(), string()) -> ok.
-update_app_src_with_version(SrcFile, Version) ->
-    {ok, [{application, Name, Details}]} = file:consult(SrcFile),
-    NewDetails = lists:keyreplace(vsn, 1, Details, {vsn, Version}),
-    ok = file:write_file(SrcFile, io_lib:fwrite("~p.\n", [{application, Name, NewDetails}])).
-
-%% @doc
-%% Write the result of the format string out to stderr.
--spec stderr(string(), [term()]) -> ok.
-stderr(FormatStr, Args) ->
-    io:put_chars(standard_error, io_lib:format(FormatStr, Args)).