diff --git a/configuration/closed-install.nix b/configuration/closed-install.nix
index 16d65142346b..c78fadd1632d 100644
--- a/configuration/closed-install.nix
+++ b/configuration/closed-install.nix
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ in
 	addIP = "10.0.253.251";
 	netmask = "255.255.0.0";
 
-	kernel = pkgs: (
-		pkgs.aggregateModules 
-		[pkgs.kernel]
-	);
-
 	packages = pkgs : [
 		pkgs.patch
 		pkgs.irssi
diff --git a/configuration/live-dvd-X-medium.nix b/configuration/live-dvd-X-medium.nix
index d6532581017c..ec0089ded56e 100644
--- a/configuration/live-dvd-X-medium.nix
+++ b/configuration/live-dvd-X-medium.nix
@@ -19,21 +19,8 @@ let
 	tty = "9";
   };
 
-  theKernel = pkgs: let baseKernel=pkgs.kernel; 
-	in (pkgs.aggregateModules 
-    		[
-		baseKernel
-		(pkgs.kqemuFunCurrent baseKernel)
-		(pkgs.atherosFun {
-			kernel = baseKernel;
-			version = "r2756";
-			pci001c_rev01 = true;
-		} null)
-		]);
-
-
 in 
-(isoFun {
+(isoFun (rec {
 	inherit platform;
 	lib = (import ../pkgs/lib);
 
@@ -48,12 +35,7 @@ in
 	includeBuildDeps = true;
 	addUsers = ["nixos" "livecd" "livedvd" 
 		"user" "guest" "nix"];
-
-	kernel = pkgs: (
-		pkgs.aggregateModules 
-		[pkgs.kernel]
-	);
-
+	
 	extraInitrdKernelModules = 
 		import ./moduleList.nix;
 
@@ -120,7 +102,6 @@ in
 		pkgs.wirelesstools
 		pkgs.usbutils
 		pkgs.dmidecode
-		(theKernel pkgs)
 		pkgs.sshfsFuse
 		pkgs.ratpoison
 		pkgs.xorg.twm
@@ -229,4 +210,4 @@ in
                 });
         }
 	];
-}).rescueCD
+})).rescueCD
diff --git a/configuration/live-dvd-X-no-soft.nix b/configuration/live-dvd-X-no-soft.nix
index fbde2a332743..2afe37aa5f88 100644
--- a/configuration/live-dvd-X-no-soft.nix
+++ b/configuration/live-dvd-X-no-soft.nix
@@ -19,19 +19,6 @@ let
 	tty = "9";
   };
 
-  theKernel = pkgs: let baseKernel=pkgs.kernel; 
-	in (pkgs.aggregateModules 
-    		[
-		baseKernel
-		(pkgs.kqemuFunCurrent baseKernel)
-		(pkgs.atherosFun {
-			kernel = baseKernel;
-			version = "r2756";
-			pci001c_rev01 = true;
-		} null)
-		]);
-
-
 in 
 (isoFun {
 	inherit platform;
@@ -49,10 +36,7 @@ in
 	addUsers = ["nixos" "livecd" "livedvd" 
 		"user" "guest" "nix"];
 
-	kernel = pkgs: (
-		pkgs.aggregateModules 
-		[pkgs.kernel]
-	);
+	extraModulePackages = pkgs: [pkgs.kernelPackages.kqemu];
 	extraInitrdKernelModules = 
 		import ./moduleList.nix;
 
diff --git a/configuration/live-dvd-X.nix b/configuration/live-dvd-X.nix
index b133b6742674..e9b3c2df2ebb 100644
--- a/configuration/live-dvd-X.nix
+++ b/configuration/live-dvd-X.nix
@@ -19,19 +19,6 @@ let
 	tty = "9";
   };
 
-  theKernel = pkgs: let baseKernel=pkgs.kernel; 
-	in (pkgs.aggregateModules 
-    		[
-		baseKernel
-		(pkgs.kqemuFunCurrent baseKernel)
-		(pkgs.atherosFun {
-			kernel = baseKernel;
-			version = "r2756";
-			pci001c_rev01 = true;
-		} null)
-		]);
-
-
 in 
 (isoFun {
 	inherit platform;
@@ -49,10 +36,7 @@ in
 	addUsers = ["nixos" "livecd" "livedvd" 
 		"user" "guest" "nix"];
 
-	kernel = pkgs: (
-		pkgs.aggregateModules 
-		[pkgs.kernel]
-	);
+	extraModulePackages = pkgs: [pkgs.kernelPackages.kqemu];
 
 	extraInitrdKernelModules = 
 		import ./moduleList.nix;
@@ -128,7 +112,6 @@ in
 		pkgs.sdparm
 		pkgs.hdparm
 		pkgs.hddtemp
-		(theKernel pkgs)
 		pkgs.sshfsFuse
 		pkgs.ratpoison
 		pkgs.xorg.twm
diff --git a/configuration/live-dvd.nix b/configuration/live-dvd.nix
index 53a690f43667..f4bdab1ac4c4 100644
--- a/configuration/live-dvd.nix
+++ b/configuration/live-dvd.nix
@@ -16,11 +16,6 @@ in
 	includeStdenv = true;
 	includeBuildDeps = true;
 
-	kernel = pkgs: (
-		pkgs.aggregateModules 
-		[pkgs.kernel]
-	);
-
 	packages = pkgs : [
 		pkgs.irssi
 		pkgs.elinks
diff --git a/configuration/rescue-cd-configurable.nix b/configuration/rescue-cd-configurable.nix
index 9488254755e0..c8ec98758052 100644
--- a/configuration/rescue-cd-configurable.nix
+++ b/configuration/rescue-cd-configurable.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
   ,includeMemtest ? true
   ,includeStdenv ? true
   ,includeBuildDeps ? false
-  ,kernel ? (pkgs : pkgs.kernel)
+  ,kernelPackages ? (pkgs : pkgs.kernelPackages)
+  ,extraModulePackages ? (pkgs : [])
   ,addUsers ? []
   ,extraInitrdKernelModules ? []
   ,bootKernelModules ? []
@@ -127,16 +128,16 @@ rec {
       extraTTYs = [] 
         ++ (lib.optional manualEnabled 7) 
         ++ (lib.optional rogueEnabled 8);
-      inherit kernel;
+      inherit kernelPackages;
       initrd = {
       extraKernelModules = extraInitrdKernelModules
       ++ (if aufs then ["aufs"] else [])
       ;
       };
       kernelModules = bootKernelModules;
-      extraModulePackages = []
-      ++(if aufs then [pkgs.aufs] else [])
-      ;
+      extraModulePackages = pkgs: ((extraModulePackages pkgs)
+      ++(if aufs then [(kernelPackages pkgs).aufs] else [])
+      );
     };
     
     services = {
diff --git a/upstart-jobs/xserver.nix b/upstart-jobs/xserver.nix
index 8a4dd90e9584..29ae21ac076b 100644
--- a/upstart-jobs/xserver.nix
+++ b/upstart-jobs/xserver.nix
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ let
 
     
   modules = 
-    optional (videoDriver == "nvidia") pkgs.nvidiaDrivers #make sure it first loads the nvidia libs
+    optional (videoDriver == "nvidia") nvidiaDrivers #make sure it first loads the nvidia libs
     ++ [
       xorg.xorgserver
       xorg.xf86inputkeyboard
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ let
       };
     in if cfg.slim.theme == null then "${pkgs.slim}/share/slim/themes" else unpackedTheme;       
 
+    nvidiaDrivers = (config.boot.kernelPackages pkgs).nvidiaDrivers;
 
 in
 
@@ -351,7 +352,7 @@ rec {
     xorg.xset # used by startkde, non-essential
   ]
   ++ optional (videoDriver == "nvidia") [
-    pkgs.nvidiaDrivers
+    nvidiaDrivers
   ];
 
 
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ rec {
       rm -f /var/run/opengl-driver
       ${if videoDriver == "nvidia"        
         then ''
-          ln -sf ${pkgs.nvidiaDrivers} /var/run/opengl-driver
+          ln -sf ${nvidiaDrivers} /var/run/opengl-driver
         ''
 	else if cfg.driSupport
         then "ln -sf ${pkgs.mesa} /var/run/opengl-driver"
@@ -392,7 +393,7 @@ rec {
     env XKB_BINDIR=${xorg.xkbcomp}/bin # Needed for the Xkb extension.
 
     ${if videoDriver == "nvidia" 
-      then "env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${xorg.libX11}/lib:${xorg.libXext}/lib:${pkgs.nvidiaDrivers}/lib" 
+      then "env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${xorg.libX11}/lib:${xorg.libXext}/lib:${nvidiaDrivers}/lib" 
       else ""
     }