diff --git a/modules/system/etc/etc.nix b/modules/system/etc/etc.nix
index da60108d7c9..4ae420017a5 100644
--- a/modules/system/etc/etc.nix
+++ b/modules/system/etc/etc.nix
@@ -36,11 +36,17 @@ let
       chmod ${mode} "$target"
     '';
 
-  makeEtc = import ./make-etc.nix {
-    inherit (pkgs) stdenv;
-    configFiles = config.environment.etc;
+  makeEtc = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    name = "etc";
+
+    builder = ./make-etc.sh;
+
+    /* !!! Use toXML. */
+    sources = map (x: x.source) config.environment.etc;
+    targets = map (x: x.target) config.environment.etc;
+    modes = map (x: if x ? mode then x.mode else "symlink") config.environment.etc;
   };
-  
+
 in
 
 {
diff --git a/modules/system/etc/make-etc.nix b/modules/system/etc/make-etc.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 94ea248f669..00000000000
--- a/modules/system/etc/make-etc.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{stdenv, configFiles}:
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "etc";
-
-  builder = ./make-etc.sh;
-
-  /* !!! Use toXML. */
-  sources = map (x: x.source) configFiles;
-  targets = map (x: x.target) configFiles;
-  modes = map (x: if x ? mode then x.mode else "symlink") configFiles;
-}
diff --git a/modules/system/etc/make-etc.sh b/modules/system/etc/make-etc.sh
index 4b7bb68be4b..f05d74b55fc 100644
--- a/modules/system/etc/make-etc.sh
+++ b/modules/system/etc/make-etc.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ modes_=($modes)
 for ((i = 0; i < ${#targets_[@]}; i++)); do
     ensureDir $out/etc/$(dirname ${targets_[$i]})
     if ! test -e $out/etc/${targets_[$i]}; then
-      ln -s ${sources_[$i]} $out/etc/${targets_[$i]};
+        ln -s ${sources_[$i]} $out/etc/${targets_[$i]};
     else
-      echo Duplicate entry "${targets_[$i]} -> ${sources_[$i]}"
-      if test "$(readlink "$targets_[$i]")" -ne "$sources_[$i]"; then
-        echo Mismatched duplicate entry "$(readlink "$targets_[$i]") "'<>'" $sources_[$i]"
-	exit 1
-      fi
+        echo "Duplicate entry ${targets_[$i]} -> ${sources_[$i]}"
+        if test "$(readlink $out/etc/${targets_[$i]})" != "${sources_[$i]}"; then
+            echo "Mismatched duplicate entry $(readlink $out/etc/${targets_[$i]}) <-> ${sources_[$i]}"
+	    exit 1
+        fi
     fi;
     if test "${modes_[$i]}" != symlink; then
         echo "${modes_[$i]}" > $out/etc/${targets_[$i]}.mode