From 20b364f4de48a8ea975eab1f93583e0c8ae0ae5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Simons <simons@cryp.to>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:19:58 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Reverting revisions 30103-30106: "always set
 nixpkgs.config.{state,store}Dir", etc.

After the change from revision 30103, nixos-rebuild suddenly consumed
freaky amounts of memory. I had to abort the process after it had
allocated well in excess of 30GB(!) of RAM. I'm not sure what is causing
this behavior, but undoing that assignment fixes the problem. The other
two commits needed to be revoked, too, because they depend on 30103.

svn path=/nixos/trunk/; revision=30127
---
 modules/config/fonts.nix                      |  4 +--
 modules/config/system-path.nix                |  2 +-
 modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix        | 14 ++++----
 modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix   |  2 +-
 .../generations-dir/generations-dir.nix       |  2 +-
 .../tools/nixos-deploy-network/deploy.nix     | 14 ++++----
 modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh      | 24 +++++++-------
 modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh      | 16 +++++-----
 modules/installer/tools/tools.nix             |  1 -
 modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix                      |  2 --
 modules/security/setuid-wrappers.nix          |  2 +-
 modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix          | 32 +++++++++----------
 modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix           |  2 +-
 modules/services/networking/openvpn.nix       |  2 +-
 modules/services/networking/ssh/lshd.nix      |  2 +-
 modules/services/system/dbus.nix              |  2 +-
 .../web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix      |  2 +-
 .../services/web-servers/jboss/default.nix    |  4 +--
 .../system/activation/activation-script.nix   |  2 +-
 modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix               |  2 +-
 modules/system/etc/etc.nix                    |  2 +-
 modules/system/upstart-events/shutdown.nix    |  2 +-
 modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix       |  6 ++--
 modules/virtualisation/nova-image.nix         |  6 ++--
 modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix            |  8 ++---
 25 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/config/fonts.nix b/modules/config/fonts.nix
index 653400c7e480..3516ed75ab61 100644
--- a/modules/config/fonts.nix
+++ b/modules/config/fonts.nix
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ let
           "~/.nix-profile/lib/X11/fonts"
           "~/.nix-profile/share/fonts"
           # - the default profile
-          "${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/default/lib/X11/fonts"
-          "${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/default/share/fonts"
+          "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/lib/X11/fonts"
+          "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/share/fonts"
         ];
         description = "
           List of primary font paths.
diff --git a/modules/config/system-path.nix b/modules/config/system-path.nix
index afdc65858a1b..286f7993f77c 100644
--- a/modules/config/system-path.nix
+++ b/modules/config/system-path.nix
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ let
           automatically updated every time you rebuild the system
           configuration.  (The latter is the main difference with
           installing them in the default profile,
-          <filename>${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/default</filename>.
+          <filename>/nix/var/nix/profiles/default</filename>.
         '';
       };
 
diff --git a/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix b/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
index 004cff6eb459..daeebde76cf5 100644
--- a/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
+++ b/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ in
     [ { mountPoint = "/";
         device = "/dev/root";
       }
-      { mountPoint = "${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}";
+      { mountPoint = "/nix/store";
         fsType = "squashfs";
         device = "/nix-store.squashfs";
         options = "loop";
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ in
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "loop" ];
 
   # In stage 1, mount a tmpfs on top of / (the ISO image) and
-  # ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir} (the squashfs image) to make this a live CD.
+  # /nix/store (the squashfs image) to make this a live CD.
   boot.initrd.postMountCommands =
     ''
       mkdir /mnt-root-tmpfs
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ in
 
       mkdir /mnt-store-tmpfs
       mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=755" none /mnt-store-tmpfs
-      mkdir -p $targetRoot${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}
-      mount -t aufs -o dirs=/mnt-store-tmpfs=rw:/mnt-root${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}=ro none /mnt-root-union${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}
+      mkdir -p $targetRoot/nix/store
+      mount -t aufs -o dirs=/mnt-store-tmpfs=rw:/mnt-root/nix/store=ro none /mnt-root-union/nix/store
     '';
 
   # Closures to be copied to the Nix store on the CD, namely the init
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ in
       }
       { # Quick hack: need a mount point for the store.
         source = pkgs.runCommand "empty" {} "ensureDir $out";
-        target = "${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}";
+        target = "/nix/store";
       }
     ];
 
@@ -257,11 +257,11 @@ in
     ''
       # After booting, register the contents of the Nix store on the
       # CD in the Nix database in the tmpfs.
-      ${config.environment.nix}/bin/nix-store --load-db < ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}/nix-path-registration
+      ${config.environment.nix}/bin/nix-store --load-db < /nix/store/nix-path-registration
 
       # nixos-rebuild also requires a "system" profile and an
       # /etc/NIXOS tag.
       touch /etc/NIXOS
-      ${config.environment.nix}/bin/nix-env -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system --set /var/run/current-system
+      ${config.environment.nix}/bin/nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set /var/run/current-system
     '';
 }
diff --git a/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix b/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix
index f6753494d6e7..daffb94bc532 100644
--- a/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix
+++ b/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ in
       # nixos-rebuild also requires a "system" profile and an
       # /etc/NIXOS tag.
       touch /etc/NIXOS
-      ${config.environment.nix}/bin/nix-env -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system --set /var/run/current-system
+      ${config.environment.nix}/bin/nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set /var/run/current-system
     '';
 }
diff --git a/modules/installer/generations-dir/generations-dir.nix b/modules/installer/generations-dir/generations-dir.nix
index 87d1fccedbc7..db9fa32c55a9 100644
--- a/modules/installer/generations-dir/generations-dir.nix
+++ b/modules/installer/generations-dir/generations-dir.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ let
             default = false;
             description = "
               Whether copy the necessary boot files into /boot, so
-              ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir} is not needed by the boot loadear.
+              /nix/store is not needed by the boot loadear.
             ";
           };
         };
diff --git a/modules/installer/tools/nixos-deploy-network/deploy.nix b/modules/installer/tools/nixos-deploy-network/deploy.nix
index e94060101f5d..7ece202a990c 100644
--- a/modules/installer/tools/nixos-deploy-network/deploy.nix
+++ b/modules/installer/tools/nixos-deploy-network/deploy.nix
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ let
       ''
         if [ "$rollback" != "$succeeded" ]
 	then
-	    ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} nix-env -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system --rollback
-	    ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration switch
+	    ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --rollback
+	    ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration switch
 
 	    rollback=$((rollback + 1))
 	fi
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ let
       in
       ''
         echo "=== activating system configuration on ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} ==="
-	ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} nix-env -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system --set ${config.system.build.toplevel} ||
-	  (ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} nix-env -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system --rollback; rollbackSucceeded)
+	ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set ${config.system.build.toplevel} ||
+	  (ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --rollback; rollbackSucceeded)
 
-        ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration switch ||
-	  ( ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} nix-env -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system --rollback
-	    ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration switch
+        ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration switch ||
+	  ( ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --rollback
+	    ssh $NIX_SSHOPTS ${getAttr targetProperty (config.deployment)} /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration switch
 	    rollbackSucceeded
 	  )
 
diff --git a/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh b/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
index e55955db7c46..5b7746b61620 100644
--- a/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
+++ b/modules/installer/tools/nixos-install.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # - register validity
 # - with a chroot to the target device:
 #   * do a nix-pull
-#   * nix-env -p @stateDir@/nix/profiles/system -i <nix-expr for the configuration>
+#   * nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system -i <nix-expr for the configuration>
 #   * run the activation script of the configuration (also installs Grub)
 
 set -e
@@ -92,16 +92,16 @@ mkdir -m 0755 -p $mountPoint/var
 # Create the necessary Nix directories on the target device, if they
 # don't already exist.
 mkdir -m 0755 -p \
-    $mountPoint@stateDir@/nix/gcroots \
-    $mountPoint@stateDir@/nix/temproots \
-    $mountPoint@stateDir@/nix/manifests \
-    $mountPoint@stateDir@/nix/userpool \
-    $mountPoint@stateDir@/nix/profiles \
-    $mountPoint@stateDir@/nix/db \
-    $mountPoint@stateDir@/log/nix/drvs
+    $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/gcroots \
+    $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/temproots \
+    $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/manifests \
+    $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/userpool \
+    $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/profiles \
+    $mountPoint/nix/var/nix/db \
+    $mountPoint/nix/var/log/nix/drvs
 
 mkdir -m 1777 -p \
-    $mountPoint@storeDir@ \
+    $mountPoint/nix/store \
 
 
 # Get the store paths to copy from the references graph.
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ storePaths=$(@perl@/bin/perl @pathsFromGraph@ @nixClosure@)
 echo "copying Nix to $mountPoint...."
 for i in $storePaths; do
     echo "  $i"
-    rsync -a $i $mountPoint@storeDir@/
+    rsync -a $i $mountPoint/nix/store/
 done
 
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ fi
 # it into the system configuration profile.
 echo "building the system configuration..."
 NIXPKGS=/mnt/etc/nixos/nixpkgs chroot $mountPoint @nix@/bin/nix-env \
-    -p @stateDir@/nix/profiles/system \
+    -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system \
     -f "/mnt$NIXOS" \
     --set -A system
 
@@ -196,4 +196,4 @@ touch $mountPoint/etc/NIXOS
 # configuration.
 echo "finalising the installation..."
 NIXOS_INSTALL_GRUB=1 chroot $mountPoint \
-    @stateDir@/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration boot
+    /nix/var/nix/profiles/system/bin/switch-to-configuration boot
diff --git a/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh b/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh
index 4da87c5f9b1b..90df386faa9d 100644
--- a/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh
+++ b/modules/installer/tools/nixos-rebuild.sh
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ if test -n "$pullManifest"; then
     manifests=$(nix-instantiate --eval-only --xml --strict $NIXOS -A manifests \
         | grep '<string'  | sed 's^.*"\(.*\)".*^\1^g')
 
-    mkdir -p @stateDir@/nix/channel-cache
+    mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/channel-cache
     for i in $manifests; do
-        NIX_DOWNLOAD_CACHE=@stateDir@/nix/channel-cache nix-pull $i || true
+        NIX_DOWNLOAD_CACHE=/nix/var/nix/channel-cache nix-pull $i || true
     done
 fi
 
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ fi
 if test -z "$rollback"; then
     echo "building the system configuration..." >&2
     if test "$action" = switch -o "$action" = boot; then
-        nix-env -p @stateDir@/nix/profiles/system -f $NIXOS --set -A system $extraBuildFlags
-        pathToConfig=@stateDir@/nix/profiles/system
+        nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system -f $NIXOS --set -A system $extraBuildFlags
+        pathToConfig=/nix/var/nix/profiles/system
     elif test "$action" = test -o "$action" = build -o "$action" = dry-run; then
         nix-build $NIXOS -A system -K -k $extraBuildFlags > /dev/null
         pathToConfig=./result
@@ -178,14 +178,14 @@ if test -z "$rollback"; then
     fi
 else # test -n "$rollback"
     if test "$action" = switch -o "$action" = boot; then
-        nix-env --rollback -p @stateDir@/nix/profiles/system
-        pathToConfig=@stateDir@/nix/profiles/system
+        nix-env --rollback -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system
+        pathToConfig=/nix/var/nix/profiles/system
     elif test "$action" = test -o "$action" = build; then
         systemNumber=$(
-            nix-env -p @stateDir@/nix/profiles/system --list-generations |
+            nix-env -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --list-generations |
             sed -n '/current/ {g; p;}; s/ *\([0-9]*\).*/\1/; h'
         )
-        ln -sT @stateDir@/nix/profiles/system-${systemNumber}-link ./result
+        ln -sT /nix/var/nix/profiles/system-${systemNumber}-link ./result
         pathToConfig=./result
     else
         showSyntax
diff --git a/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix b/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
index ddbe71a321cd..069e45127ef6 100644
--- a/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
+++ b/modules/installer/tools/tools.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ let
   makeProg = args: pkgs.substituteAll (args // {
     dir = "bin";
     isExecutable = true;
-    inherit (config.nixpkgs.config.nix) storeDir stateDir;
   });
 
   nixosBuildVMS = makeProg {
diff --git a/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix b/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
index 281ebefa853d..3154c3dd1e7d 100644
--- a/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -70,6 +70,4 @@ in
     };
 
   };
-
-  config.nixpkgs.config.nix = { storeDir = /nix/store; stateDir = /nix/var; };
 }
diff --git a/modules/security/setuid-wrappers.nix b/modules/security/setuid-wrappers.nix
index 812179d4efc6..ebd9e1ed537a 100644
--- a/modules/security/setuid-wrappers.nix
+++ b/modules/security/setuid-wrappers.nix
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ in
             if test -z "$source"; then
                 # If we can't find the program, fall back to the
                 # system profile.
-                source=${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/default/bin/${program}
+                source=/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin/${program}
             fi
 
             cp ${setuidWrapper}/bin/setuid-wrapper ${wrapperDir}/${program}
diff --git a/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix b/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
index 4539680cbe0d..221ad6e1f543 100644
--- a/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
+++ b/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
@@ -308,26 +308,26 @@ in
         # Set up Nix.
         mkdir -p /nix/etc/nix
         ln -sfn /etc/nix.conf /nix/etc/nix/nix.conf
-        chown root.nixbld ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}
-        chmod 1775 ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}
+        chown root.nixbld /nix/store
+        chmod 1775 /nix/store
 
         # Nix initialisation.
         mkdir -m 0755 -p \
-          ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/gcroots \
-          ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/temproots \
-          ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/manifests \
-          ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/userpool \
-          ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles \
-          ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/db \
-          ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/log/nix/drvs \
-          ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/channel-cache \
-          ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/chroots
-        mkdir -m 1777 -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/gcroots/per-user
-        mkdir -m 1777 -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/per-user
-        mkdir -m 1777 -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/gcroots/tmp
+          /nix/var/nix/gcroots \
+          /nix/var/nix/temproots \
+          /nix/var/nix/manifests \
+          /nix/var/nix/userpool \
+          /nix/var/nix/profiles \
+          /nix/var/nix/db \
+          /nix/var/log/nix/drvs \
+          /nix/var/nix/channel-cache \
+          /nix/var/nix/chroots
+        mkdir -m 1777 -p /nix/var/nix/gcroots/per-user
+        mkdir -m 1777 -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user
+        mkdir -m 1777 -p /nix/var/nix/gcroots/tmp
 
-        ln -sf ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/gcroots/
-        ln -sf ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/manifests ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/gcroots/
+        ln -sf /nix/var/nix/profiles /nix/var/nix/gcroots/
+        ln -sf /nix/var/nix/manifests /nix/var/nix/gcroots/
       '';
 
   };
diff --git a/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix b/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix
index 10531a28865a..2874bbf20875 100644
--- a/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix
+++ b/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let
   {
     options = {
       # This can be infered from the UPS model by looking at
-      # ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}/nut/share/driver.list
+      # /nix/store/nut/share/driver.list
       driver = mkOption {
         type = types.uniq types.string;
         description = ''
diff --git a/modules/services/networking/openvpn.nix b/modules/services/networking/openvpn.nix
index 580328d0de77..bec5d7b8107e 100644
--- a/modules/services/networking/openvpn.nix
+++ b/modules/services/networking/openvpn.nix
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ in
 
           Additionally you can specify the up/ down scripts by setting
           the up down properties.
-          Config lines up=${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}/xxx-up-script down=...
+          Config lines up=/nix/store/xxx-up-script down=...
           will be appended to your configuration file automatically
 
           If you define at least one of up/down "script-security 2" will be
diff --git a/modules/services/networking/ssh/lshd.nix b/modules/services/networking/ssh/lshd.nix
index b4f64e4b7cce..d32fabbde24b 100644
--- a/modules/services/networking/ssh/lshd.nix
+++ b/modules/services/networking/ssh/lshd.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ in
           If non-null, override the default login shell with the
           specified value.
         '';
-        example = "${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}/xyz-bash-10.0/bin/bash10";
+        example = "/nix/store/xyz-bash-10.0/bin/bash10";
       };
 
       srpKeyExchange = mkOption {
diff --git a/modules/services/system/dbus.nix b/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
index 2499ffc58e38..4f6d577e9369 100644
--- a/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
+++ b/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ in
       };
 
     services.dbus.packages =
-      [ "${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/default"
+      [ "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default"
         config.system.path
       ];
 
diff --git a/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix b/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
index b2a1379527ad..4894276e1d39 100644
--- a/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ let
     # But do allow access to files in the store so that we don't have
     # to generate <Directory> clauses for every generated file that we
     # want to serve.
-    <Directory ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}>
+    <Directory /nix/store>
         Order allow,deny
         Allow from all
     </Directory>
diff --git a/modules/services/web-servers/jboss/default.nix b/modules/services/web-servers/jboss/default.nix
index 85010bdbe78f..e1bcede6563c 100644
--- a/modules/services/web-servers/jboss/default.nix
+++ b/modules/services/web-servers/jboss/default.nix
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ in
 
       deployDir = mkOption {
         description = "Location of the deployment files";
-        default = "${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/default/server/default/deploy/";
+        default = "/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/server/default/deploy/";
       };
 
       libUrl = mkOption {
-        default = "file://${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/default/server/default/lib";
+        default = "file:///nix/var/nix/profiles/default/server/default/lib";
         description = "Location where the shared library JARs are stored";
       };
 
diff --git a/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix b/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
index 26706d6a20e8..72566507eccd 100644
--- a/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
+++ b/modules/system/activation/activation-script.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ in
             ln -sfn "$(readlink -f "$systemConfig")" /var/run/current-system
 
             # Prevent the current configuration from being garbage-collected.
-            ln -sfn /var/run/current-system ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/gcroots/current-system
+            ln -sfn /var/run/current-system /nix/var/nix/gcroots/current-system
           '';
       };
 
diff --git a/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix b/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
index 7f35b861352c..08cf948fea4f 100644
--- a/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
+++ b/modules/system/boot/stage-1.nix
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ let
 
 
   # The initrd only has to mount / or any FS marked as necessary for
-  # booting (such as the FS containing ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}, or an FS needed for
+  # booting (such as the FS containing /nix/store, or an FS needed for
   # mounting /, like / on a loopback).
   fileSystems = filter
     (fs: fs.mountPoint == "/" || fs.neededForBoot)
diff --git a/modules/system/etc/etc.nix b/modules/system/etc/etc.nix
index f76c70c2f9fb..c84d96829f33 100644
--- a/modules/system/etc/etc.nix
+++ b/modules/system/etc/etc.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ let
     environment.etc = mkOption {
       default = [];
       example = [
-        { source = "${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}/.../etc/dir/file.conf.example";
+        { source = "/nix/store/.../etc/dir/file.conf.example";
           target = "dir/file.conf";
           mode = "0440";
         }
diff --git a/modules/system/upstart-events/shutdown.nix b/modules/system/upstart-events/shutdown.nix
index 10587af35b31..cf06ba10d08b 100644
--- a/modules/system/upstart-events/shutdown.nix
+++ b/modules/system/upstart-events/shutdown.nix
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ with pkgs.lib;
                   # (For instance, when applied to a bind-mount it
                   # unmounts the target of the bind-mount.)  !!! But
                   # we should use `-f' for NFS.
-                  if [ "$mp" != / -a "$mp" != /nix -a "$mp" != ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir} ]; then
+                  if [ "$mp" != / -a "$mp" != /nix -a "$mp" != /nix/store ]; then
                       if umount -n "$mp"; then success=1; tryAgain=1; fi
                   fi
 
diff --git a/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix b/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
index 481c0c58b7ee..66474158c686 100644
--- a/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ with pkgs.lib;
           # Copy all paths in the closure to the filesystem.
           storePaths=$(perl ${pkgs.pathsFromGraph} /tmp/xchg/closure)
 
-          mkdir -p /mnt${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}
+          mkdir -p /mnt/nix/store
           echo "copying everything (will take a while)..."
-          cp -prd $storePaths /mnt${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}/
+          cp -prd $storePaths /mnt/nix/store/
 
           # Register the paths in the Nix database.
           printRegistration=1 perl ${pkgs.pathsFromGraph} /tmp/xchg/closure | \
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ with pkgs.lib;
 
           # Create the system profile to allow nixos-rebuild to work.
           chroot /mnt ${config.environment.nix}/bin/nix-env \
-              -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system --set ${config.system.build.toplevel}
+              -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set ${config.system.build.toplevel}
 
           # `nixos-rebuild' requires an /etc/NIXOS.
           mkdir -p /mnt/etc
diff --git a/modules/virtualisation/nova-image.nix b/modules/virtualisation/nova-image.nix
index 1b92f8d653d1..1e891c35dc09 100644
--- a/modules/virtualisation/nova-image.nix
+++ b/modules/virtualisation/nova-image.nix
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ with pkgs.lib;
           # Copy all paths in the closure to the filesystem.
           storePaths=$(perl ${pkgs.pathsFromGraph} /tmp/xchg/closure)
 
-          mkdir -p /mnt${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}
-          ${pkgs.rsync}/bin/rsync -av $storePaths /mnt${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}/
+          mkdir -p /mnt/nix/store
+          ${pkgs.rsync}/bin/rsync -av $storePaths /mnt/nix/store/
 
           # Register the paths in the Nix database.
           printRegistration=1 perl ${pkgs.pathsFromGraph} /tmp/xchg/closure | \
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ with pkgs.lib;
 
           # Create the system profile to allow nixos-rebuild to work.
           chroot /mnt ${config.environment.nix}/bin/nix-env \
-              -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles/system --set ${config.system.build.toplevel}
+              -p /nix/var/nix/profiles/system --set ${config.system.build.toplevel}
 
           # `nixos-rebuild' requires an /etc/NIXOS.
           mkdir -p /mnt/etc
diff --git a/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix b/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
index 1340841369d9..7738ce1f2e76 100644
--- a/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
+++ b/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ let
 
           # Install GRUB and generate the GRUB boot menu.
           touch /etc/NIXOS
-          mkdir -p ${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.stateDir}/nix/profiles
+          mkdir -p /nix/var/nix/profiles
           ${config.system.build.toplevel}/bin/switch-to-configuration boot
 
           umount /boot
@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ in
       chmod 1777 $targetRoot/tmp
 
       mkdir -p $targetRoot/boot
-      mount -o remount,ro $targetRoot${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}
+      mount -o remount,ro $targetRoot/nix/store
       ${optionalString cfg.writableStore ''
         mkdir /mnt-store-tmpfs
         mount -t tmpfs -o "mode=755" none /mnt-store-tmpfs
-        mount -t aufs -o dirs=/mnt-store-tmpfs=rw:$targetRoot${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}=rr none $targetRoot${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}
+        mount -t aufs -o dirs=/mnt-store-tmpfs=rw:$targetRoot/nix/store=rr none $targetRoot/nix/store
       ''}
     '';
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ in
     [ { mountPoint = "/";
         device = "/dev/vda";
       }
-      { mountPoint = "${config.nixpkgs.config.nix.storeDir}";
+      { mountPoint = "/nix/store";
         device = "//10.0.2.4/store";
         fsType = "cifs";
         options = "guest,sec=none,noperm,noacl";