diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/asterisk.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/asterisk.nix
index af091d55c01b..297d0b3b2d02 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/asterisk.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/asterisk.nix
@@ -14,28 +14,9 @@ let
 
   # Add filecontents from files of useTheseDefaultConfFiles to confFiles, do not override
   defaultConfFiles = subtractLists (attrNames cfg.confFiles) cfg.useTheseDefaultConfFiles;
-  allConfFiles =
-    cfg.confFiles //
-    builtins.listToAttrs (map (x: { name = x;
-                                    value = builtins.readFile (cfg.package + "/etc/asterisk/" + x); })
-                              defaultConfFiles);
-
-  asteriskEtc = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation
-  ((mapAttrs' (name: value: nameValuePair
-        # Fudge the names to make bash happy
-        ((replaceChars ["."] ["_"] name) + "_")
-        (value)
-      ) allConfFiles) //
-  {
-    confFilesString = concatStringsSep " " (
-      attrNames allConfFiles
-    );
-
-    name = "asterisk-etc";
-
+  allConfFiles = {
     # Default asterisk.conf file
-    # (Notice that astetcdir will be set to the path of this derivation)
-    asteriskConf = ''
+    "asterisk.conf".text = ''
       [directories]
       astetcdir => /etc/asterisk
       astmoddir => ${cfg.package}/lib/asterisk/modules
@@ -48,43 +29,28 @@ let
       astrundir => /run/asterisk
       astlogdir => /var/log/asterisk
       astsbindir => ${cfg.package}/sbin
+      ${cfg.extraConfig}
     '';
-    extraConf = cfg.extraConfig;
 
     # Loading all modules by default is considered sensible by the authors of
     # "Asterisk: The Definitive Guide". Secure sites will likely want to
     # specify their own "modules.conf" in the confFiles option.
-    modulesConf = ''
+    "modules.conf".text = ''
       [modules]
       autoload=yes
     '';
 
     # Use syslog for logging so logs can be viewed with journalctl
-    loggerConf = ''
+    "logger.conf".text = ''
       [general]
 
       [logfiles]
       syslog.local0 => notice,warning,error
     '';
+  } //
+    mapAttrs (name: text: { inherit text; }) cfg.confFiles //
+    listToAttrs (map (x: nameValuePair x { source = cfg.package + "/etc/asterisk/" + x; }) defaultConfFiles);
 
-    buildCommand = ''
-      mkdir -p "$out"
-
-      # Create asterisk.conf, pointing astetcdir to the path of this derivation
-      echo "$asteriskConf" | sed "s|@out@|$out|g" > "$out"/asterisk.conf
-      echo "$extraConf" >> "$out"/asterisk.conf
-
-      echo "$modulesConf" > "$out"/modules.conf
-
-      echo "$loggerConf" > "$out"/logger.conf
-
-      # Config files specified in confFiles option override all other files
-      for i in $confFilesString; do
-        conf=$(echo "$i"_ | sed 's/\./_/g')
-        echo "''${!conf}" > "$out"/"$i"
-      done
-    '';
-  });
 in
 
 {
@@ -209,7 +175,9 @@ in
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
 
-    environment.etc.asterisk.source = asteriskEtc;
+    environment.etc = mapAttrs' (name: value:
+      nameValuePair "asterisk/${name}" value
+    ) allConfFiles;
 
     users.users.asterisk =
       { name = asteriskUser;