diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix
index b443a41a64e..6a3a36d5229 100644
--- a/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
   ./services/ttys/gpm.nix
   ./services/ttys/mingetty.nix
   ./services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
+  ./services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix
   ./services/web-servers/jboss.nix
   ./services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
   ./services/x11/desktop-managers/default.nix
diff --git a/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix b/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
index 55902f9e5e0..20373ba7fe6 100644
--- a/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
@@ -33,24 +33,12 @@ let
     fullConfig = config; # machine config
   };
 
-
-  vhostOptions = import ./per-server-options.nix {
-    inherit mkOption;
-    forMainServer = false;
-  };
-
-  vhosts = let
-    makeVirtualHost = cfgIn: 
-      let
-        # Fill in defaults for missing options.
-        cfg = addDefaultOptionValues vhostOptions cfgIn;
-      in cfg;
-    in map makeVirtualHost mainCfg.virtualHosts;
-
+  vhosts = mainCfg.virtualHosts;
 
   allHosts = [mainCfg] ++ vhosts;
     
-
+  # !!! This should be replaced by sub-modules to allow non-intrusive
+  # extensions of NixOS.
   callSubservices = serverInfo: defs:
     let f = svc:
       let 
@@ -377,13 +365,6 @@ in
         ";
       };
 
-      extraConfig = mkOption {
-        default = "";
-        description = "
-          These configuration lines will be passed verbatim to the apache config
-        ";
-      };
-
       extraModules = mkOption {
         default = [];
         example = [ "proxy_connect" { name = "php5"; path = "${pkgs.php}/modules/libphp5.so"; } ];
@@ -446,24 +427,6 @@ in
         ";
       };
 
-      virtualHosts = mkOption {
-        default = [];
-        example = [
-          { hostName = "foo";
-            documentRoot = "/data/webroot-foo";
-          }
-          { hostName = "bar";
-            documentRoot = "/data/webroot-bar";
-          }
-        ];
-        description = ''
-          Specification of the virtual hosts served by Apache.  Each
-          element should be an attribute set specifying the
-          configuration of the virtual host.  The available options
-          are the non-global options permissible for the main host.
-        '';
-      };
-
 
       subservices = {
 
@@ -542,13 +505,7 @@ in
 
       };
 
-    }
-
-    # Include the options shared between the main server and virtual hosts.
-    // (import ./per-server-options.nix {
-      inherit mkOption;
-      forMainServer = true;
-    });
+    };
 
   };
 
diff --git a/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix b/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix
index 8a2ee0e849a..5f711eef68f 100644
--- a/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix
+++ b/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/per-server-options.nix
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 # has additional options that affect the web server as a whole, like
 # the user/group to run under.)
 
-{forMainServer, mkOption}:
+{config, pkgs, ...}:
 
+let
+  inherit (pkgs.lib) mkOption addDefaultOptionValues;
+
+  perServerOptions = {forMainServer}:
+# !!! The following have to be re-indent later.
 {
 
   hostName = mkOption {
@@ -135,4 +140,46 @@
     ";
   };
 
-}
+};
+
+
+  vhostOptions = perServerOptions {
+    forMainServer = false;
+  };
+
+in
+
+{
+  options = {
+    services.httpd = {
+
+      virtualHosts = mkOption {
+        default = [];
+        example = [
+          { hostName = "foo";
+            documentRoot = "/data/webroot-foo";
+          }
+          { hostName = "bar";
+            documentRoot = "/data/webroot-bar";
+          }
+        ];
+        description = ''
+          Specification of the virtual hosts served by Apache.  Each
+          element should be an attribute set specifying the
+          configuration of the virtual host.  The available options
+          are the non-global options permissible for the main host.
+        '';
+
+        # Add the default value for each function which is not defined.
+        # This should be replaced by sub-modules.
+        apply =
+          map (vhost:
+            addDefaultOptionValues vhostOptions vhost
+          );
+      };
+
+    }
+    // perServerOptions {forMainServer = true;}
+    ;
+  };
+}
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