diff --git a/pkgs/development/erlang-modules/build-hex.nix b/pkgs/development/erlang-modules/build-hex.nix
index 7ba8fab9bd2..42a4bc9c238 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/erlang-modules/build-hex.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/erlang-modules/build-hex.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-{ stdenv, erlang, rebar3, openssl, libyaml, fetchHex, fetchFromGitHub,
+{ stdenv, writeText, erlang, rebar3, openssl, libyaml, fetchHex, fetchFromGitHub,
   rebar3-pc, buildEnv }:
 
-{ name, version, sha256
+{ name, version, sha256 ? false
+, src ? null
+, setupHook ? null
 , hexPkg ? name
 , buildInputs ? [], erlangDeps ? [], pluginDeps ? []
 , postPatch ? ""
@@ -13,64 +15,40 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 
 let
   plugins = pluginDeps ++ (if compilePorts then [rebar3-pc] else []);
-  getDeps = drv: [drv] ++ (map getDeps drv.erlangDeps);
-  recursiveDeps = unique (flatten (map getDeps erlangDeps));
-  recursivePluginsDeps = unique (flatten (map getDeps plugins));
 
-  erlEnv = drv: buildEnv {
-    name = "erlang-env-${drv.name}";
-    paths = [ drv ] ++ recursiveDeps;
-    ignoreCollisions = false;
-    meta = drv.meta;
-  };
 
-  shell = drv: let
-    drvEnv = erlEnv drv;
-  in stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "interactive-shell-${drv.name}";
-    nativeBuildInputs = [ erlang drvEnv ];
-    shellHook = ''
-      export ERL_LIBS="${drvEnv}";
-    '';
-  };
+  shell = drv: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+          name = "interactive-shell-${drv.name}";
+          buildInputs = [ drv ];
+    };
+
   pkg = self: stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
+
     name = "${name}-${version}";
+    inherit version;
 
     buildInputs = buildInputs ++ [ erlang rebar3 openssl libyaml ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = erlangDeps ++ plugins;
 
-    src = fetchHex {
+    src = if src == null then fetchHex {
       pkg = hexPkg;
       inherit version;
       inherit sha256;
-    };
+    } else src;
+
+    setupHook = if setupHook == null
+    then writeText "setupHook.sh" ''
+       addToSearchPath ERL_LIBS "$1/lib/erlang/lib/"
+    ''
+    else setupHook;
 
     postPatch = ''
       rm -f rebar rebar3
-      if [ -e "src/${name}.app.src" ]; then
-        sed -i -e 's/{ *vsn *,[^}]*}/{vsn, "${version}"}/' "src/${name}.app.src"
-      fi
-
-      ${if compilePorts then ''
-        echo "{plugins, [pc]}." >> rebar.config
-      '' else ''''}
-
-      ${rebar3.setupRegistry}
-
-      ${postPatch}
     '';
 
     configurePhase = ''
       runHook preConfigure
-      ${concatMapStrings (dep: ''
-        header "linking erlang dependency ${dep}"
-        ln -s "${dep}/${dep.name}" "_build/default/lib/${dep.name}"
-        stopNest
-      '') recursiveDeps}
-      ${concatMapStrings (dep: ''
-        header "linking rebar3 plugins ${dep}"
-        ln -s "${dep}/${dep.name}" "_build/default/plugins/${dep.name}"
-        stopNest
-      '') recursivePluginsDeps}
+      rebar3-nix-bootstrap
       runHook postConfigure
     '';
 
@@ -85,11 +63,11 @@ let
 
     installPhase = ''
       runHook preInstall
-      mkdir -p "$out/${name}"
+      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 "$out/${name}" "$fd"
+        cp -Hrt "$out/lib/erlang/lib/${name}-${version}" "$fd"
         success=1
       done
       runHook postInstall
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/default.nix
index c4e256d5873..5ee9ecbcef8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchHex, erlang, tree, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ stdenv, writeText, callPackage, fetchurl,
+  fetchHex, erlang, rebar3-nix-bootstrap, tree, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
 
 let
   version = "3.0.0-beta.4";
-  registrySnapshot = import ./registrySnapshot.nix { inherit fetchFromGitHub; };
-  setupRegistry = ''
-    mkdir -p _build/default/{lib,plugins,packages}/ ./.cache/rebar3/hex/default/
-    zcat ${registrySnapshot}/registry.ets.gz > .cache/rebar3/hex/default/registry
-  '';
+  registrySnapshot = callPackage ./registrySnapshot.nix { };
+
   # TODO: all these below probably should go into nixpkgs.erlangModules.sources.*
   # {erlware_commons,     "0.16.0"},
   erlware_commons = fetchHex {
@@ -73,6 +71,7 @@ let
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "rebar3-${version}";
+  inherit version;
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/rebar/rebar3/archive/${version}.tar.gz";
@@ -81,14 +80,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   patches = [ ./hermetic-bootstrap.patch ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ erlang
-                  tree
-                ];
-  inherit setupRegistry;
+  buildInputs = [ erlang tree  ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ registrySnapshot  rebar3-nix-bootstrap ];
+
 
   postPatch = ''
     echo postPatch
-    ${setupRegistry}
+    rebar3-nix-bootstrap registry-only
+    echo "$ERL_LIBS"
     mkdir -p _build/default/lib/
     cp --no-preserve=mode -R ${erlware_commons} _build/default/lib/erlware_commons
     cp --no-preserve=mode -R ${providers} _build/default/lib/providers
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/registrySnapshot.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/registrySnapshot.nix
index 8e9c2a292fd..29d36e3cccc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/registrySnapshot.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/rebar3/registrySnapshot.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
-{ fetchFromGitHub }:
+{stdenv, writeText, fetchFromGitHub }:
 
-fetchFromGitHub {
-  owner = "gleber";
-  repo = "hex-pm-registry-snapshots";
-  rev = "329ae2b";
-  sha256 = "1rs3z8psfvy10mzlfvkdzbflgikcnq08r38kfi0f8p5wvi8f8hmh";
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+    name = "hex-registry";
+    rev = "329ae2b";
+    version = "0.0.0+build.${rev}";
+
+    src = fetchFromGitHub {
+        owner = "gleber";
+        repo = "hex-pm-registry-snapshots";
+        inherit rev;
+        sha256 = "1rs3z8psfvy10mzlfvkdzbflgikcnq08r38kfi0f8p5wvi8f8hmh";
+    };
+
+    installPhase = ''
+       mkdir -p "$out/var/hex"
+       zcat "registry.ets.gz" > "$out/var/hex/registry.ets"
+    '';
+
+    setupHook = writeText "setupHook.sh" ''
+        export HEX_REGISTRY_SNAPSHOT="$1/var/hex/registry.ets"
+   '';
 }