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-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/Makefile.am22
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/eval.cc265
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/eval.hh42
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/fix-expr.cc215
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/fix-expr.hh75
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/main.cc117
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/nix.sdf209
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/nixexpr.cc215
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/nixexpr.hh75
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/parser.cc164
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/parser.hh10
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/primops.cc246
-rw-r--r--src/nix-instantiate/primops.hh34
13 files changed, 0 insertions, 1689 deletions
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/Makefile.am b/src/nix-instantiate/Makefile.am
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fe79850116e..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/Makefile.am
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-bin_PROGRAMS = nix-instantiate
-
-nix_instantiate_SOURCES = nixexpr.cc parser.cc eval.cc primops.cc main.cc
-nix_instantiate_LDADD = ../libmain/libmain.a ../libstore/libstore.a ../libutil/libutil.a \
- ../boost/format/libformat.a -L../../externals/inst/lib -ldb_cxx \
- -lsglr -lATB -lconversion -lasfix2 -lmept -lATerm
-
-AM_CXXFLAGS = \
- -I.. -I../../externals/inst/include -I../libutil -I../libstore -I../libmain
-
-
-# Parse table generation.
-
-parser.o: parse-table.h
-
-parse-table.h: nix.tbl
-	../bin2c/bin2c nixParseTable < $< > $@ || (rm $@ && exit 1)
-
-%.tbl: %.sdf
-	../../externals/inst/bin/sdf2table -s -i $< -o $@
-
-CLEANFILES = parse-table.h nix.tbl
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/eval.cc b/src/nix-instantiate/eval.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index b110c3a4a41c..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/eval.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,265 +0,0 @@
-#include "eval.hh"
-#include "parser.hh"
-#include "primops.hh"
-
-
-EvalState::EvalState()
-    : normalForms(32768, 75)
-{
-    blackHole = ATmake("BlackHole()");
-    if (!blackHole) throw Error("cannot build black hole");
-    nrEvaluated = nrCached = 0;
-}
-
-
-/* Substitute an argument set into the body of a function. */
-static Expr substArgs(Expr body, ATermList formals, Expr arg)
-{
-    ATMatcher m;
-    ATermMap subs;
-    Expr undefined = ATmake("Undefined");
-
-    /* Get the formal arguments. */
-    for (ATermIterator i(formals); i; ++i) {
-        Expr name, def;
-        if (atMatch(m, *i) >> "NoDefFormal" >> name)
-            subs.set(name, undefined);
-        else if (atMatch(m, *i) >> "DefFormal" >> name >> def)
-            subs.set(name, def);
-        else abort(); /* can't happen */
-    }
-
-    /* Get the actual arguments, and check that they match with the
-       formals. */
-    ATermMap args;
-    queryAllAttrs(arg, args);
-    for (ATermIterator i(args.keys()); i; ++i) {
-        Expr key = *i;
-        Expr cur = subs.get(key);
-        if (!cur)
-            throw badTerm(format("function has no formal argument `%1%'")
-                % aterm2String(key), arg);
-        subs.set(key, args.get(key));
-    }
-
-    /* Check that all arguments are defined. */
-    for (ATermIterator i(subs.keys()); i; ++i)
-        if (subs.get(*i) == undefined)
-            throw badTerm(format("formal argument `%1%' missing")
-                % aterm2String(*i), arg);
-    
-    return substitute(subs, body);
-}
-
-
-/* Transform a mutually recursive set into a non-recursive set.  Each
-   attribute is transformed into an expression that has all references
-   to attributes substituted with selection expressions on the
-   original set.  E.g., e = `rec {x = f x y, y = x}' becomes `{x = f
-   (e.x) (e.y), y = e.x}'. */
-ATerm expandRec(ATerm e, ATermList bnds)
-{
-    ATMatcher m;
-
-    /* Create the substitution list. */
-    ATermMap subs;
-    for (ATermIterator i(bnds); i; ++i) {
-        string s;
-        Expr e2;
-        if (!(atMatch(m, *i) >> "Bind" >> s >> e2))
-            abort(); /* can't happen */
-        subs.set(s, ATmake("Select(<term>, <str>)", e, s.c_str()));
-    }
-
-    /* Create the non-recursive set. */
-    ATermMap as;
-    for (ATermIterator i(bnds); i; ++i) {
-        string s;
-        Expr e2;
-        if (!(atMatch(m, *i) >> "Bind" >> s >> e2))
-            abort(); /* can't happen */
-        as.set(s, substitute(subs, e2));
-    }
-
-    return makeAttrs(as);
-}
-
-
-string evalString(EvalState & state, Expr e)
-{
-    e = evalExpr(state, e);
-    ATMatcher m;
-    string s;
-    if (!(atMatch(m, e) >> "Str" >> s))
-        throw badTerm("string expected", e);
-    return s;
-}
-
-
-Path evalPath(EvalState & state, Expr e)
-{
-    e = evalExpr(state, e);
-    ATMatcher m;
-    string s;
-    if (!(atMatch(m, e) >> "Path" >> s))
-        throw badTerm("path expected", e);
-    return s;
-}
-
-
-bool evalBool(EvalState & state, Expr e)
-{
-    e = evalExpr(state, e);
-    ATMatcher m;
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Bool" >> "True") return true;
-    else if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Bool" >> "False") return false;
-    else throw badTerm("expecting a boolean", e);
-}
-
-
-Expr evalExpr2(EvalState & state, Expr e)
-{
-    ATMatcher m;
-    Expr e1, e2, e3, e4;
-    string s1;
-
-    /* Normal forms. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Str" ||
-        atMatch(m, e) >> "Path" ||
-        atMatch(m, e) >> "Uri" ||
-        atMatch(m, e) >> "Bool" ||
-        atMatch(m, e) >> "Function" ||
-        atMatch(m, e) >> "Attrs" ||
-        atMatch(m, e) >> "List")
-        return e;
-
-    /* Any encountered variables must be undeclared or primops. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Var" >> s1) {
-        if (s1 == "null") return primNull(state);
-        return e;
-    }
-
-    /* Function application. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Call" >> e1 >> e2) {
-
-        ATermList formals;
-        
-        /* Evaluate the left-hand side. */
-        e1 = evalExpr(state, e1);
-
-        /* Is it a primop or a function? */
-        if (atMatch(m, e1) >> "Var" >> s1) {
-            if (s1 == "import") return primImport(state, e2);
-            if (s1 == "derivation") return primDerivation(state, e2);
-            if (s1 == "toString") return primToString(state, e2);
-            if (s1 == "baseNameOf") return primBaseNameOf(state, e2);
-            if (s1 == "isNull") return primIsNull(state, e2);
-            else throw badTerm("undefined variable/primop", e1);
-        }
-
-        else if (atMatch(m, e1) >> "Function" >> formals >> e4)
-            return evalExpr(state, 
-                substArgs(e4, formals, evalExpr(state, e2)));
-        
-        else throw badTerm("expecting a function or primop", e1);
-    }
-
-    /* Attribute selection. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Select" >> e1 >> s1) {
-        Expr a = queryAttr(evalExpr(state, e1), s1);
-        if (!a) throw badTerm(format("missing attribute `%1%'") % s1, e);
-        return evalExpr(state, a);
-    }
-
-    /* Mutually recursive sets. */
-    ATermList bnds;
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Rec" >> bnds)
-        return expandRec(e, bnds);
-
-    /* Let expressions `let {..., body = ...}' are just desugared
-       into `(rec {..., body = ...}).body'. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "LetRec" >> bnds)
-        return evalExpr(state, ATmake("Select(Rec(<term>), \"body\")", bnds));
-
-    /* Conditionals. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "If" >> e1 >> e2 >> e3) {
-        if (evalBool(state, e1))
-            return evalExpr(state, e2);
-        else
-            return evalExpr(state, e3);
-    }
-
-    /* Assertions. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Assert" >> e1 >> e2) {
-        if (!evalBool(state, e1)) throw badTerm("guard failed", e);
-        return evalExpr(state, e2);
-    }
-
-    /* Generic equality. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "OpEq" >> e1 >> e2)
-        return makeBool(evalExpr(state, e1) == evalExpr(state, e2));
-
-    /* Generic inequality. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "OpNEq" >> e1 >> e2)
-        return makeBool(evalExpr(state, e1) != evalExpr(state, e2));
-
-    /* Negation. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "OpNot" >> e1)
-        return makeBool(!evalBool(state, e1));
-
-    /* Implication. */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "OpImpl" >> e1 >> e2)
-        return makeBool(!evalBool(state, e1) || evalBool(state, e2));
-
-    /* Conjunction (logical AND). */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "OpAnd" >> e1 >> e2)
-        return makeBool(evalBool(state, e1) && evalBool(state, e2));
-
-    /* Disjunction (logical OR). */
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "OpOr" >> e1 >> e2)
-        return makeBool(evalBool(state, e1) || evalBool(state, e2));
-
-    /* Barf. */
-    throw badTerm("invalid expression", e);
-}
-
-
-Expr evalExpr(EvalState & state, Expr e)
-{
-    startNest(nest, lvlVomit,
-        format("evaluating expression: %1%") % e);
-
-    state.nrEvaluated++;
-
-    /* Consult the memo table to quickly get the normal form of
-       previously evaluated expressions. */
-    Expr nf = state.normalForms.get(e);
-    if (nf) {
-        if (nf == state.blackHole)
-            throw badTerm("infinite recursion", e);
-        state.nrCached++;
-        return nf;
-    }
-
-    /* Otherwise, evaluate and memoize. */
-    state.normalForms.set(e, state.blackHole);
-    nf = evalExpr2(state, e);
-    state.normalForms.set(e, nf);
-    return nf;
-}
-
-
-Expr evalFile(EvalState & state, const Path & path)
-{
-    startNest(nest, lvlTalkative, format("evaluating file `%1%'") % path);
-    Expr e = parseExprFromFile(path);
-    return evalExpr(state, e);
-}
-
-
-void printEvalStats(EvalState & state)
-{
-    debug(format("evaluated %1% expressions, %2% cache hits, %3%%% efficiency")
-        % state.nrEvaluated % state.nrCached
-        % ((float) state.nrCached / (float) state.nrEvaluated * 100));
-}
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/eval.hh b/src/nix-instantiate/eval.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bc052676deb..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/eval.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __EVAL_H
-#define __EVAL_H
-
-#include <map>
-
-#include "aterm.hh"
-#include "hash.hh"
-#include "nixexpr.hh"
-
-
-typedef map<Path, PathSet> DrvPaths;
-typedef map<Path, Hash> DrvHashes;
-
-struct EvalState 
-{
-    ATermMap normalForms;
-    DrvPaths drvPaths;
-    DrvHashes drvHashes; /* normalised derivation hashes */
-    Expr blackHole;
-
-    unsigned int nrEvaluated;
-    unsigned int nrCached;
-
-    EvalState();
-};
-
-
-/* Evaluate an expression to normal form. */
-Expr evalExpr(EvalState & state, Expr e);
-
-/* Evaluate an expression read from the given file to normal form. */
-Expr evalFile(EvalState & state, const Path & path);
-
-/* Specific results. */
-string evalString(EvalState & state, Expr e);
-Path evalPath(EvalState & state, Expr e);
-
-/* Print statistics. */
-void printEvalStats(EvalState & state);
-
-
-#endif /* !__EVAL_H */
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/fix-expr.cc b/src/nix-instantiate/fix-expr.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index e9c5a3ba633f..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/fix-expr.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
-#include "fix-expr.hh"
-#include "expr.hh"
-
-
-ATermMap::ATermMap(unsigned int initialSize, unsigned int maxLoadPct)
-{
-    table = ATtableCreate(initialSize, maxLoadPct);
-    if (!table) throw Error("cannot create ATerm table");
-}
-
-
-ATermMap::ATermMap(const ATermMap & map)
-    : table(0)
-{
-    ATermList keys = map.keys();
-
-    /* !!! adjust allocation for load pct */
-    table = ATtableCreate(ATgetLength(keys), map.maxLoadPct);
-    if (!table) throw Error("cannot create ATerm table");
-
-    for (ATermIterator i(keys); i; ++i)
-        set(*i, map.get(*i));
-}
-
-
-ATermMap::~ATermMap()
-{
-    if (table) ATtableDestroy(table);
-}
-
-
-void ATermMap::set(ATerm key, ATerm value)
-{
-    return ATtablePut(table, key, value);
-}
-
-
-void ATermMap::set(const string & key, ATerm value)
-{
-    set(string2ATerm(key), value);
-}
-
-
-ATerm ATermMap::get(ATerm key) const
-{
-    return ATtableGet(table, key);
-}
-
-
-ATerm ATermMap::get(const string & key) const
-{
-    return get(string2ATerm(key));
-}
-
-
-void ATermMap::remove(ATerm key)
-{
-    ATtableRemove(table, key);
-}
-
-
-void ATermMap::remove(const string & key)
-{
-    remove(string2ATerm(key));
-}
-
-
-ATermList ATermMap::keys() const
-{
-    ATermList keys = ATtableKeys(table);
-    if (!keys) throw Error("cannot query aterm map keys");
-    return keys;
-}
-
-
-ATerm string2ATerm(const string & s)
-{
-    return (ATerm) ATmakeAppl0(ATmakeAFun((char *) s.c_str(), 0, ATtrue));
-}
-
-
-string aterm2String(ATerm t)
-{
-    return ATgetName(ATgetAFun(t));
-}
-    
-
-ATerm bottomupRewrite(TermFun & f, ATerm e)
-{
-    if (ATgetType(e) == AT_APPL) {
-        AFun fun = ATgetAFun(e);
-        int arity = ATgetArity(fun);
-        ATermList args = ATempty;
-
-        for (int i = arity - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-            args = ATinsert(args, bottomupRewrite(f, ATgetArgument(e, i)));
-        
-        e = (ATerm) ATmakeApplList(fun, args);
-    }
-
-    else if (ATgetType(e) == AT_LIST) {
-        ATermList in = (ATermList) e;
-        ATermList out = ATempty;
-
-        for (ATermIterator i(in); i; ++i)
-            out = ATinsert(out, bottomupRewrite(f, *i));
-
-        e = (ATerm) ATreverse(out);
-    }
-
-    return f(e);
-}
-
-
-void queryAllAttrs(Expr e, ATermMap & attrs)
-{
-    ATMatcher m;
-    ATermList bnds;
-    if (!(atMatch(m, e) >> "Attrs" >> bnds))
-        throw badTerm("expected attribute set", e);
-
-    for (ATermIterator i(bnds); i; ++i) {
-        string s;
-        Expr e;
-        if (!(atMatch(m, *i) >> "Bind" >> s >> e))
-            abort(); /* can't happen */
-        attrs.set(s, e);
-    }
-}
-
-
-Expr queryAttr(Expr e, const string & name)
-{
-    ATermMap attrs;
-    queryAllAttrs(e, attrs);
-    return attrs.get(name);
-}
-
-
-Expr makeAttrs(const ATermMap & attrs)
-{
-    ATermList bnds = ATempty;
-    for (ATermIterator i(attrs.keys()); i; ++i)
-        bnds = ATinsert(bnds, 
-            ATmake("Bind(<term>, <term>)", *i, attrs.get(*i)));
-    return ATmake("Attrs(<term>)", ATreverse(bnds));
-}
-
-
-Expr substitute(const ATermMap & subs, Expr e)
-{
-    ATMatcher m;
-    string s;
-
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Var" >> s) {
-        Expr sub = subs.get(s);
-        return sub ? sub : e;
-    }
-
-    /* In case of a function, filter out all variables bound by this
-       function. */
-    ATermList formals;
-    ATerm body;
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Function" >> formals >> body) {
-        ATermMap subs2(subs);
-        for (ATermIterator i(formals); i; ++i) {
-            Expr def;
-            if (!(atMatch(m, *i) >> "NoDefFormal" >> s) &&
-                !(atMatch(m, *i) >> "DefFormal" >> s >> def))
-                abort();
-            subs2.remove(s);
-        }
-        return ATmake("Function(<term>, <term>)", formals,
-            substitute(subs2, body));
-    }
-
-    /* Idem for a mutually recursive attribute set. */
-    ATermList bindings;
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Rec" >> bindings) {
-        ATermMap subs2(subs);
-        for (ATermIterator i(bindings); i; ++i) {
-            Expr e;
-            if (!(atMatch(m, *i) >> "Bind" >> s >> e))
-                abort(); /* can't happen */
-            subs2.remove(s);
-        }
-        return ATmake("Rec(<term>)", substitute(subs2, (ATerm) bindings));
-    }
-
-    if (ATgetType(e) == AT_APPL) {
-        AFun fun = ATgetAFun(e);
-        int arity = ATgetArity(fun);
-        ATermList args = ATempty;
-
-        for (int i = arity - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-            args = ATinsert(args, substitute(subs, ATgetArgument(e, i)));
-        
-        return (ATerm) ATmakeApplList(fun, args);
-    }
-
-    if (ATgetType(e) == AT_LIST) {
-        ATermList out = ATempty;
-        for (ATermIterator i((ATermList) e); i; ++i)
-            out = ATinsert(out, substitute(subs, *i));
-        return (ATerm) ATreverse(out);
-    }
-
-    return e;
-}
-
-
-Expr makeBool(bool b)
-{
-    return b ? ATmake("Bool(True)") : ATmake("Bool(False)");
-}
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/fix-expr.hh b/src/nix-instantiate/fix-expr.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c1e51d9ccd6..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/fix-expr.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __FIXEXPR_H
-#define __FIXEXPR_H
-
-#include <map>
-
-#include <aterm2.h>
-
-#include "util.hh"
-
-
-/* Fix expressions are represented as ATerms.  The maximal sharing
-   property of the ATerm library allows us to implement caching of
-   normals forms efficiently. */
-typedef ATerm Expr;
-
-
-/* Mappings from ATerms to ATerms.  This is just a wrapper around
-   ATerm tables. */
-class ATermMap
-{
-private:
-    unsigned int maxLoadPct;
-    ATermTable table;
-    
-public:
-    ATermMap(unsigned int initialSize = 16, unsigned int maxLoadPct = 75);
-    ATermMap(const ATermMap & map);
-    ~ATermMap();
-
-    void set(ATerm key, ATerm value);
-    void set(const string & key, ATerm value);
-
-    ATerm get(ATerm key) const;
-    ATerm get(const string & key) const;
-
-    void remove(ATerm key);
-    void remove(const string & key);
-
-    ATermList keys() const;
-};
-
-
-/* Convert a string to an ATerm (i.e., a quoted nullary function
-   applicaton). */
-ATerm string2ATerm(const string & s);
-string aterm2String(ATerm t);
-
-/* Generic bottomup traversal over ATerms.  The traversal first
-   recursively descends into subterms, and then applies the given term
-   function to the resulting term. */
-struct TermFun
-{
-    virtual ATerm operator () (ATerm e) = 0;
-};
-ATerm bottomupRewrite(TermFun & f, ATerm e);
-
-/* Query all attributes in an attribute set expression.  The
-   expression must be in normal form. */
-void queryAllAttrs(Expr e, ATermMap & attrs);
-
-/* Query a specific attribute from an attribute set expression.  The
-   expression must be in normal form. */
-Expr queryAttr(Expr e, const string & name);
-
-/* Create an attribute set expression from an Attrs value. */
-Expr makeAttrs(const ATermMap & attrs);
-
-/* Perform a set of substitutions on an expression. */
-Expr substitute(const ATermMap & subs, Expr e);
-
-/* Create an expression representing a boolean. */
-Expr makeBool(bool b);
-
-
-#endif /* !__FIXEXPR_H */
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/main.cc b/src/nix-instantiate/main.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index aa6883ff84b8..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/main.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-#include <map>
-#include <iostream>
-
-#include "globals.hh"
-#include "normalise.hh"
-#include "shared.hh"
-#include "eval.hh"
-
-
-#if 0
-static Path searchPath(const Paths & searchDirs, const Path & relPath)
-{
-    if (string(relPath, 0, 1) == "/") return relPath;
-
-    for (Paths::const_iterator i = searchDirs.begin();
-         i != searchDirs.end(); i++)
-    {
-        Path path = *i + "/" + relPath;
-        if (pathExists(path)) return path;
-    }
-
-    throw Error(
-        format("path `%1%' not found in any of the search directories")
-        % relPath);
-}
-#endif
-
-
-static Expr evalStdin(EvalState & state)
-{
-    startNest(nest, lvlTalkative, format("evaluating standard input"));
-    Expr e = ATreadFromFile(stdin);
-    if (!e) 
-        throw Error(format("unable to read a term from stdin"));
-    return evalExpr(state, e);
-}
-
-
-static void printNixExpr(EvalState & state, Expr e)
-{
-    ATMatcher m;
-    ATermList es;
-
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Attrs" >> es) {
-        Expr a = queryAttr(e, "type");
-        if (a && evalString(state, a) == "derivation") {
-            a = queryAttr(e, "drvPath");
-            if (a) {
-                cout << format("%1%\n") % evalPath(state, a);
-                return;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (ATgetType(e) == AT_LIST) {
-        for (ATermIterator i((ATermList) e); i; ++i)
-            printNixExpr(state, evalExpr(state, *i));
-        return;
-    }
-
-    throw badTerm("top level does not evaluate to one or more Nix expressions", e);
-}
-
-
-void run(Strings args)
-{
-    EvalState state;
-    Strings files;
-    bool readStdin = false;
-
-#if 0
-    state.searchDirs.push_back(".");
-    state.searchDirs.push_back(nixDataDir + "/nix");
-#endif
-    
-    for (Strings::iterator it = args.begin();
-         it != args.end(); )
-    {
-        string arg = *it++;
-
-#if 0
-        if (arg == "--includedir" || arg == "-I") {
-            if (it == args.end())
-                throw UsageError(format("argument required in `%1%'") % arg);
-            state.searchDirs.push_back(*it++);
-        }
-        else
-#endif
-        if (arg == "--verbose" || arg == "-v")
-            verbosity = (Verbosity) ((int) verbosity + 1);
-        else if (arg == "-")
-            readStdin = true;
-        else if (arg[0] == '-')
-            throw UsageError(format("unknown flag `%1%`") % arg);
-        else
-            files.push_back(arg);
-    }
-
-    openDB();
-
-    if (readStdin) {
-        Expr e = evalStdin(state);
-        printNixExpr(state, e);
-    }
-
-    for (Strings::iterator it = files.begin();
-         it != files.end(); it++)
-    {
-        Expr e = evalFile(state, absPath(*it));
-        printNixExpr(state, e);
-    }
-
-    printEvalStats(state);
-}
-
-
-string programId = "nix-instantiate";
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/nix.sdf b/src/nix-instantiate/nix.sdf
deleted file mode 100644
index 615bdb974775..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/nix.sdf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,209 +0,0 @@
-definition
-
-module Main
-imports Fix
-
-
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%% Top level syntax.
-
-module Fix
-imports Fix-Exprs Fix-Layout
-
-
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%% Expressions.
-
-module Fix-Exprs
-imports Fix-Lexicals URI
-exports
-  sorts Expr Formal Bind Binds BindSemi ExprList
-  context-free syntax
-
-    Id -> Expr {cons("Var")}
-
-    Int -> Expr {cons("Int")}
-
-    Str -> Expr {cons("Str")}
-
-    Uri -> Expr {cons("Uri")}
-
-    Path -> Expr {cons("Path")}
-
-    "(" Expr ")" -> Expr {bracket}
-
-    Expr Expr -> Expr {cons("Call"), left}
-
-    "{" {Formal ","}* "}" ":" Expr -> Expr {cons("Function")}
-    Id -> Formal {cons("NoDefFormal")}
-    Id "?" Expr -> Formal {cons("DefFormal")}
-
-    "assert" Expr ";" Expr -> Expr {cons("Assert")}
-
-    "rec" "{" Binds "}" -> Expr {cons("Rec")}
-    "let" "{" Binds "}" -> Expr {cons("LetRec")}
-    "{" Binds "}" -> Expr {cons("Attrs")}
-
-    Id "=" Expr -> Bind {cons("Bind")}
-    {Bind ";"}* -> Binds
-    Bind ";" -> BindSemi 
-    BindSemi* -> Binds
-
-    "[" ExprList "]" -> Expr {cons("List")}
-    "" -> ExprList {cons("ExprNil")}
-    Expr ExprList -> ExprList {cons("ExprCons")}
-
-    Expr "." Id -> Expr {cons("Select")}
-
-    "if" Expr "then" Expr "else" Expr -> Expr {cons("If")}
-
-    Expr "==" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpEq"), non-assoc}
-    Expr "!=" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpNEq"), non-assoc}
-
-    "!" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpNot")}
-    Expr "&&" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpAnd"), right}
-    Expr "||" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpOr"), right}
-    Expr "->" Expr -> Expr {cons("OpImpl"), right}
-
-    Bool -> Expr {cons("Bool")}
-
-  context-free priorities
-
-    Expr "." Id -> Expr
-  > Expr ExprList -> ExprList
-  > Expr Expr -> Expr
-  > "!" Expr -> Expr
-  > Expr "==" Expr -> Expr
-  > Expr "!=" Expr -> Expr
-  > Expr "&&" Expr -> Expr
-  > Expr "||" Expr -> Expr
-  > Expr "->" Expr -> Expr
-  > "assert" Expr ";" Expr -> Expr
-  > "{" {Formal ","}* "}" ":" Expr -> Expr
-
-
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%% Lexical syntax.
-
-module Fix-Lexicals
-exports
-  sorts Id Int Str Path PathComp Bool
-  lexical syntax
-    [a-zA-Z\_][a-zA-Z0-9\_\']* -> Id
-    "rec" -> Id {reject}
-    "let" -> Id {reject}
-    "if" -> Id {reject}
-    "then" -> Id {reject}
-    "else" -> Id {reject}
-    "true" -> Id {reject}
-    "false" -> Id {reject}
-    "assert" -> Id {reject}
-
-    [0-9]+ -> Int
-
-    "\"" ~[\n\"]* "\"" -> Str
-
-    PathComp ("/" PathComp)+ -> Path
-    [a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+]+ -> PathComp
-
-    "true" -> Bool
-    "false" -> Bool
-
-  lexical restrictions
-    Id -/- [a-zA-Z0-9\_\']
-    Int -/- [0-9]
-    Path -/- [a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-\+\/]
-
-
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%% URIs (RFC 2396, appendix A).
-
-module URI
-exports
-  sorts Uri Uhierpart Uopaquepart Uuricnoslash Unetpath Uabspath
-        Urelpath Urelsegment Uscheme Uauthority Uregname Userver
-        Uuserinfo Uhostport Uhost Uhostname Udomainlabel Utoplabel
-        UIPv4address Uport Upath Upathsegments Usegment Uparam
-        Upchar Uquery Ufragment Uuric Ureserved Uunreserved Umark
-        Uescaped Uhex Ualphanum Ualpha Ulowalpha Uupalpha Udigit
-  lexical syntax
-    Uscheme ":" (Uhierpart | Uopaquepart) -> Uri
-
-    (Unetpath | Uabspath) ("?" Uquery)? -> Uhierpart
-    Uuricnoslash Uuric* -> Uopaquepart
-
-    Uunreserved | Uescaped | [\;\?\:\@\&\=\+\$\,] -> Uuricnoslash
-
-    "//" Uauthority Uabspath? -> Unetpath
-    "/" Upathsegments -> Uabspath
-    "//" Uuric* -> Uabspath {reject}
-    Urelsegment Uabspath? -> Urelpath
-
-    (Uunreserved | Uescaped | [\;\@\&\=\+\$\,])+ -> Urelsegment
-
-    Ualpha (Ualpha | Udigit | [\+\-\.])* -> Uscheme
-
-    Userver | Uregname -> Uauthority
-
-    (Uunreserved | Uescaped | [\$\,\;\:\@\&\=\+])+ -> Uregname
-
-    ((Uuserinfo "@") Uhostport) -> Userver
-    (Uunreserved | Uescaped | [\;\:\&\=\+\$\,])* -> Uuserinfo
-
-    Uhost (":" Uport)? -> Uhostport
-    Uhostname | UIPv4address -> Uhost
-    (Udomainlabel ".")+ Utoplabel "."? -> Uhostname
-    Ualphanum | Ualphanum (Ualphanum | "-")* Ualphanum -> Udomainlabel
-    Ualpha | Ualpha (Ualphanum | "-")* Ualphanum -> Utoplabel
-    Udigit+ "." Udigit+ "." Udigit+ "." Udigit+ -> UIPv4address
-    Udigit* -> Uport
-
-    Uabspath | Uopaquepart -> Upath
-    Usegment ("/" Usegment)* -> Upathsegments
-    Upchar* (";" Uparam)* -> Usegment
-    Upchar* -> Uparam
-    Uunreserved | Uescaped | [\:\@\&\=\+\$\,] -> Upchar
-
-    Uuric* -> Uquery
-
-    Uuric* -> Ufragment
-
-    Ureserved | Uunreserved | Uescaped -> Uuric
-    [\;\/\?\:\@\&\=\+\$\,] -> Ureserved
-    Ualphanum | Umark -> Uunreserved
-    [\-\_\.\!\~\*\'\(\)] -> Umark
-
-    "%" Uhex Uhex -> Uescaped
-    Udigit | [A-Fa-f] -> Uhex
-
-    Ualpha | Udigit -> Ualphanum
-    Ulowalpha | Uupalpha -> Ualpha
-
-    [a-z] -> Ulowalpha
-    [A-Z] -> Uupalpha
-    [0-9] -> Udigit
-
-  lexical restrictions
-    Uri -/- [a-zA-Z0-9\-\_\.\!\~\*\'\(\)]
-
-
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%% Layout.
-
-module Fix-Layout
-exports
-  sorts HashComment Asterisk Comment EOF
-  lexical syntax
-    [\ \t\n] -> LAYOUT
-    HashComment -> LAYOUT
-    Comment -> LAYOUT
-    "#" ~[\n]* ([\n] | EOF) -> HashComment
-    "//" ~[\n]* ([\n] | EOF) -> HashComment
-    "/*" ( ~[\*] | Asterisk )* "*/" -> Comment
-    [\*] -> Asterisk
-    "" -> EOF
-  lexical restrictions
-    Asterisk -/- [\/]
-    EOF -/- ~[]
-  context-free restrictions
-    LAYOUT? -/- [\ \t\n] | [\#]
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/nixexpr.cc b/src/nix-instantiate/nixexpr.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 816b39dc1ae3..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/nixexpr.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
-#include "nixexpr.hh"
-#include "storeexpr.hh"
-
-
-ATermMap::ATermMap(unsigned int initialSize, unsigned int maxLoadPct)
-{
-    table = ATtableCreate(initialSize, maxLoadPct);
-    if (!table) throw Error("cannot create ATerm table");
-}
-
-
-ATermMap::ATermMap(const ATermMap & map)
-    : table(0)
-{
-    ATermList keys = map.keys();
-
-    /* !!! adjust allocation for load pct */
-    table = ATtableCreate(ATgetLength(keys), map.maxLoadPct);
-    if (!table) throw Error("cannot create ATerm table");
-
-    for (ATermIterator i(keys); i; ++i)
-        set(*i, map.get(*i));
-}
-
-
-ATermMap::~ATermMap()
-{
-    if (table) ATtableDestroy(table);
-}
-
-
-void ATermMap::set(ATerm key, ATerm value)
-{
-    return ATtablePut(table, key, value);
-}
-
-
-void ATermMap::set(const string & key, ATerm value)
-{
-    set(string2ATerm(key), value);
-}
-
-
-ATerm ATermMap::get(ATerm key) const
-{
-    return ATtableGet(table, key);
-}
-
-
-ATerm ATermMap::get(const string & key) const
-{
-    return get(string2ATerm(key));
-}
-
-
-void ATermMap::remove(ATerm key)
-{
-    ATtableRemove(table, key);
-}
-
-
-void ATermMap::remove(const string & key)
-{
-    remove(string2ATerm(key));
-}
-
-
-ATermList ATermMap::keys() const
-{
-    ATermList keys = ATtableKeys(table);
-    if (!keys) throw Error("cannot query aterm map keys");
-    return keys;
-}
-
-
-ATerm string2ATerm(const string & s)
-{
-    return (ATerm) ATmakeAppl0(ATmakeAFun((char *) s.c_str(), 0, ATtrue));
-}
-
-
-string aterm2String(ATerm t)
-{
-    return ATgetName(ATgetAFun(t));
-}
-    
-
-ATerm bottomupRewrite(TermFun & f, ATerm e)
-{
-    if (ATgetType(e) == AT_APPL) {
-        AFun fun = ATgetAFun(e);
-        int arity = ATgetArity(fun);
-        ATermList args = ATempty;
-
-        for (int i = arity - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-            args = ATinsert(args, bottomupRewrite(f, ATgetArgument(e, i)));
-        
-        e = (ATerm) ATmakeApplList(fun, args);
-    }
-
-    else if (ATgetType(e) == AT_LIST) {
-        ATermList in = (ATermList) e;
-        ATermList out = ATempty;
-
-        for (ATermIterator i(in); i; ++i)
-            out = ATinsert(out, bottomupRewrite(f, *i));
-
-        e = (ATerm) ATreverse(out);
-    }
-
-    return f(e);
-}
-
-
-void queryAllAttrs(Expr e, ATermMap & attrs)
-{
-    ATMatcher m;
-    ATermList bnds;
-    if (!(atMatch(m, e) >> "Attrs" >> bnds))
-        throw badTerm("expected attribute set", e);
-
-    for (ATermIterator i(bnds); i; ++i) {
-        string s;
-        Expr e;
-        if (!(atMatch(m, *i) >> "Bind" >> s >> e))
-            abort(); /* can't happen */
-        attrs.set(s, e);
-    }
-}
-
-
-Expr queryAttr(Expr e, const string & name)
-{
-    ATermMap attrs;
-    queryAllAttrs(e, attrs);
-    return attrs.get(name);
-}
-
-
-Expr makeAttrs(const ATermMap & attrs)
-{
-    ATermList bnds = ATempty;
-    for (ATermIterator i(attrs.keys()); i; ++i)
-        bnds = ATinsert(bnds, 
-            ATmake("Bind(<term>, <term>)", *i, attrs.get(*i)));
-    return ATmake("Attrs(<term>)", ATreverse(bnds));
-}
-
-
-Expr substitute(const ATermMap & subs, Expr e)
-{
-    ATMatcher m;
-    string s;
-
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Var" >> s) {
-        Expr sub = subs.get(s);
-        return sub ? sub : e;
-    }
-
-    /* In case of a function, filter out all variables bound by this
-       function. */
-    ATermList formals;
-    ATerm body;
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Function" >> formals >> body) {
-        ATermMap subs2(subs);
-        for (ATermIterator i(formals); i; ++i) {
-            Expr def;
-            if (!(atMatch(m, *i) >> "NoDefFormal" >> s) &&
-                !(atMatch(m, *i) >> "DefFormal" >> s >> def))
-                abort();
-            subs2.remove(s);
-        }
-        return ATmake("Function(<term>, <term>)", formals,
-            substitute(subs2, body));
-    }
-
-    /* Idem for a mutually recursive attribute set. */
-    ATermList bindings;
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Rec" >> bindings) {
-        ATermMap subs2(subs);
-        for (ATermIterator i(bindings); i; ++i) {
-            Expr e;
-            if (!(atMatch(m, *i) >> "Bind" >> s >> e))
-                abort(); /* can't happen */
-            subs2.remove(s);
-        }
-        return ATmake("Rec(<term>)", substitute(subs2, (ATerm) bindings));
-    }
-
-    if (ATgetType(e) == AT_APPL) {
-        AFun fun = ATgetAFun(e);
-        int arity = ATgetArity(fun);
-        ATermList args = ATempty;
-
-        for (int i = arity - 1; i >= 0; i--)
-            args = ATinsert(args, substitute(subs, ATgetArgument(e, i)));
-        
-        return (ATerm) ATmakeApplList(fun, args);
-    }
-
-    if (ATgetType(e) == AT_LIST) {
-        ATermList out = ATempty;
-        for (ATermIterator i((ATermList) e); i; ++i)
-            out = ATinsert(out, substitute(subs, *i));
-        return (ATerm) ATreverse(out);
-    }
-
-    return e;
-}
-
-
-Expr makeBool(bool b)
-{
-    return b ? ATmake("Bool(True)") : ATmake("Bool(False)");
-}
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/nixexpr.hh b/src/nix-instantiate/nixexpr.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 011c2900e12a..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/nixexpr.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __NIXEXPR_H
-#define __NIXEXPR_H
-
-#include <map>
-
-#include <aterm2.h>
-
-#include "util.hh"
-
-
-/* Nix expressions are represented as ATerms.  The maximal sharing
-   property of the ATerm library allows us to implement caching of
-   normals forms efficiently. */
-typedef ATerm Expr;
-
-
-/* Mappings from ATerms to ATerms.  This is just a wrapper around
-   ATerm tables. */
-class ATermMap
-{
-private:
-    unsigned int maxLoadPct;
-    ATermTable table;
-    
-public:
-    ATermMap(unsigned int initialSize = 16, unsigned int maxLoadPct = 75);
-    ATermMap(const ATermMap & map);
-    ~ATermMap();
-
-    void set(ATerm key, ATerm value);
-    void set(const string & key, ATerm value);
-
-    ATerm get(ATerm key) const;
-    ATerm get(const string & key) const;
-
-    void remove(ATerm key);
-    void remove(const string & key);
-
-    ATermList keys() const;
-};
-
-
-/* Convert a string to an ATerm (i.e., a quoted nullary function
-   applicaton). */
-ATerm string2ATerm(const string & s);
-string aterm2String(ATerm t);
-
-/* Generic bottomup traversal over ATerms.  The traversal first
-   recursively descends into subterms, and then applies the given term
-   function to the resulting term. */
-struct TermFun
-{
-    virtual ATerm operator () (ATerm e) = 0;
-};
-ATerm bottomupRewrite(TermFun & f, ATerm e);
-
-/* Query all attributes in an attribute set expression.  The
-   expression must be in normal form. */
-void queryAllAttrs(Expr e, ATermMap & attrs);
-
-/* Query a specific attribute from an attribute set expression.  The
-   expression must be in normal form. */
-Expr queryAttr(Expr e, const string & name);
-
-/* Create an attribute set expression from an Attrs value. */
-Expr makeAttrs(const ATermMap & attrs);
-
-/* Perform a set of substitutions on an expression. */
-Expr substitute(const ATermMap & subs, Expr e);
-
-/* Create an expression representing a boolean. */
-Expr makeBool(bool b);
-
-
-#endif /* !__NIXEXPR_H */
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/parser.cc b/src/nix-instantiate/parser.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index b2c74af33e77..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/parser.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-#include <sstream>
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-extern "C" {
-#include <sglr.h>
-#include <asfix2.h>
-}
-
-#include "aterm.hh"
-#include "parser.hh"
-#include "shared.hh"
-#include "parse-table.h"
-
-
-/* Cleanup cleans up an imploded parse tree into an actual abstract
-   syntax tree that we can evaluate.  It removes quotes around
-   strings, converts integer literals into actual integers, and
-   absolutises paths relative to the directory containing the input
-   file. */
-struct Cleanup : TermFun
-{
-    string basePath;
-
-    virtual ATerm operator () (ATerm e)
-    {
-        ATMatcher m;
-        string s;
-
-        if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Str" >> s) {
-            return ATmake("Str(<str>)",
-                string(s, 1, s.size() - 2).c_str());
-        }
-
-        if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Path" >> s) {
-            if (s[0] != '/')
-                s = basePath + "/" + s;
-            return ATmake("Path(<str>)", canonPath(s).c_str());
-        }
-
-        if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Int" >> s) {
-            istringstream s2(s);
-            int n;
-            s2 >> n;
-            return ATmake("Int(<int>)", n);
-        }
-
-        if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Bool" >> "true")
-            return ATmake("Bool(True)");
-        
-        if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Bool" >> "false")
-            return ATmake("Bool(False)");
-
-        if (atMatch(m, e) >> "ExprNil")
-            return (ATerm) ATempty;
-
-        ATerm e1;
-        ATermList e2;
-        if (atMatch(m, e) >> "ExprCons" >> e1 >> e2)
-            return (ATerm) ATinsert(e2, e1);
-
-        return e;
-    }
-};
-
-
-Expr parseExprFromFile(Path path)
-{
-#if 0
-    /* Perhaps this is already an imploded parse tree? */
-    Expr e = ATreadFromNamedFile(path.c_str());
-    if (e) return e;
-#endif
-
-    /* If `path' refers to a directory, append `/default.nix'. */
-    struct stat st;
-    if (stat(path.c_str(), &st))
-        throw SysError(format("getting status of `%1%'") % path);
-    if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
-        path = canonPath(path + "/default.nix");
-
-    /* Initialise the SDF libraries. */
-    static bool initialised = false;
-    static ATerm parseTable = 0;
-    static language lang = 0;
-
-    if (!initialised) {
-        PT_initMEPTApi();
-        PT_initAsFix2Api();
-        SGinitParser(ATfalse);
-
-        ATprotect(&parseTable);
-        parseTable = ATreadFromBinaryString(
-            (char *) nixParseTable, sizeof nixParseTable);
-        if (!parseTable)
-            throw Error(format("cannot construct parse table term"));
-
-        ATprotect(&lang);
-        lang = ATmake("Nix");
-        if (!SGopenLanguageFromTerm(
-                (char *) programId.c_str(), lang, parseTable))
-            throw Error(format("cannot open language"));
-
-        SG_STARTSYMBOL_ON();
-        SG_OUTPUT_ON();
-        SG_ASFIX2ME_ON();
-        SG_AMBIGUITY_ERROR_ON();
-        SG_FILTER_OFF();
-
-        initialised = true;
-    }
-
-    /* Read the input file.  We can't use SGparseFile() because it's
-       broken, so we read the input ourselves and call
-       SGparseString(). */
-    AutoCloseFD fd = open(path.c_str(), O_RDONLY);
-    if (fd == -1) throw SysError(format("opening `%1%'") % path);
-
-    if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1)
-        throw SysError(format("statting `%1%'") % path);
-
-    char text[st.st_size + 1];
-    readFull(fd, (unsigned char *) text, st.st_size);
-    text[st.st_size] = 0;
-
-    /* Parse it. */
-    ATerm result = SGparseString(lang, "Expr", text);
-    if (!result)
-        throw SysError(format("parse failed in `%1%'") % path);
-    if (SGisParseError(result))
-        throw Error(format("parse error in `%1%': %2%")
-            % path % result);
-
-    /* Implode it. */
-    PT_ParseTree tree = PT_makeParseTreeFromTerm(result);
-    if (!tree)
-        throw Error(format("cannot create parse tree"));
-    
-    ATerm imploded = PT_implodeParseTree(tree,
-        ATtrue,
-        ATtrue,
-        ATtrue,
-        ATtrue,
-        ATtrue,
-        ATtrue,
-        ATfalse,
-        ATtrue,
-        ATtrue,
-        ATtrue,
-        ATfalse);
-    if (!imploded)
-        throw Error(format("cannot implode parse tree"));
-
-    printMsg(lvlVomit, format("imploded parse tree of `%1%': %2%")
-        % path % imploded);
-
-    /* Finally, clean it up. */
-    Cleanup cleanup;
-    cleanup.basePath = dirOf(path);
-    return bottomupRewrite(cleanup, imploded);
-}
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/parser.hh b/src/nix-instantiate/parser.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 5983ec5629e4..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/parser.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __PARSER_H
-#define __PARSER_H
-
-#include "nixexpr.hh"
-
-
-Expr parseExprFromFile(Path path);
-
-
-#endif /* !__PARSER_H */
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/primops.cc b/src/nix-instantiate/primops.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 097933115342..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/primops.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,246 +0,0 @@
-#include "primops.hh"
-#include "normalise.hh"
-#include "globals.hh"
-
-
-Expr primImport(EvalState & state, Expr arg)
-{
-    ATMatcher m;
-    string path;
-    if (!(atMatch(m, arg) >> "Path" >> path))
-        throw badTerm("path expected", arg);
-    return evalFile(state, path);
-}
-
-
-static PathSet storeExprRootsCached(EvalState & state, const Path & nePath)
-{
-    DrvPaths::iterator i = state.drvPaths.find(nePath);
-    if (i != state.drvPaths.end())
-        return i->second;
-    else {
-        PathSet paths = storeExprRoots(nePath);
-        state.drvPaths[nePath] = paths;
-        return paths;
-    }
-}
-
-
-static Hash hashDerivation(EvalState & state, StoreExpr ne)
-{
-    if (ne.type == StoreExpr::neDerivation) {
-	PathSet inputs2;
-        for (PathSet::iterator i = ne.derivation.inputs.begin();
-             i != ne.derivation.inputs.end(); i++)
-        {
-            DrvHashes::iterator j = state.drvHashes.find(*i);
-            if (j == state.drvHashes.end())
-                throw Error(format("don't know expression `%1%'") % (string) *i);
-            inputs2.insert(j->second);
-        }
-	ne.derivation.inputs = inputs2;
-    }
-    return hashTerm(unparseStoreExpr(ne));
-}
-
-
-static Path copyAtom(EvalState & state, const Path & srcPath)
-{
-    /* !!! should be cached */
-    Path dstPath(addToStore(srcPath));
-
-    ClosureElem elem;
-    StoreExpr ne;
-    ne.type = StoreExpr::neClosure;
-    ne.closure.roots.insert(dstPath);
-    ne.closure.elems[dstPath] = elem;
-
-    Hash drvHash = hashDerivation(state, ne);
-    Path drvPath = writeTerm(unparseStoreExpr(ne), "");
-    state.drvHashes[drvPath] = drvHash;
-
-    printMsg(lvlChatty, format("copied `%1%' -> closure `%2%'")
-        % srcPath % drvPath);
-    return drvPath;
-}
-
-
-static string addInput(EvalState & state, 
-    Path & nePath, StoreExpr & ne)
-{
-    PathSet paths = storeExprRootsCached(state, nePath);
-    if (paths.size() != 1) abort();
-    Path path = *(paths.begin());
-    ne.derivation.inputs.insert(nePath);
-    return path;
-}
-
-
-static string processBinding(EvalState & state, Expr e, StoreExpr & ne)
-{
-    e = evalExpr(state, e);
-
-    ATMatcher m;
-    string s;
-    ATermList es;
-
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Str" >> s) return s;
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Uri" >> s) return s;
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Bool" >> "True") return "1";
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Bool" >> "False") return "";
-
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Attrs" >> es) {
-        Expr a = queryAttr(e, "type");
-        if (a && evalString(state, a) == "derivation") {
-            a = queryAttr(e, "drvPath");
-            if (a) {
-                Path drvPath = evalPath(state, a);
-                return addInput(state, drvPath, ne);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Path" >> s) {
-        Path drvPath = copyAtom(state, s);
-        return addInput(state, drvPath, ne);
-    }
-    
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "List" >> es) {
-	string s;
-	bool first = true;
-        for (ATermIterator i(es); i; ++i) {
-            startNest(nest, lvlVomit, format("processing list element"));
-	    if (!first) s = s + " "; else first = false;
-	    s += processBinding(state, evalExpr(state, *i), ne);
-        }
-	return s;
-    }
-
-    if (atMatch(m, e) >> "Null") return "";
-    
-    throw badTerm("invalid derivation binding", e);
-}
-
-
-Expr primDerivation(EvalState & state, Expr args)
-{
-    startNest(nest, lvlVomit, "evaluating derivation");
-
-    ATermMap attrs;
-    args = evalExpr(state, args);
-    queryAllAttrs(args, attrs);
-
-    /* Build the derivation expression by processing the attributes. */
-    StoreExpr ne;
-    ne.type = StoreExpr::neDerivation;
-
-    string drvName;
-    Path outPath;
-    Hash outHash;
-    bool outHashGiven = false;
-
-    for (ATermIterator i(attrs.keys()); i; ++i) {
-        string key = aterm2String(*i);
-        Expr value = attrs.get(key);
-        startNest(nest, lvlVomit, format("processing attribute `%1%'") % key);
-
-        /* The `args' attribute is special: it supplies the
-           command-line arguments to the builder. */
-        if (key == "args") {
-            throw Error("args not implemented");
-#if 0
-            ATermList args;
-            if (!(ATmatch(value, "[<list>]", &args))
-                throw badTerm("list expected", value);
-            while (!ATisEmpty(args)) {
-                Expr arg = evalExpr(state, ATgetFirst(args));
-                ne.derivation.args.push_back(processBinding(state, arg, ne));
-                args = ATgetNext(args);
-            }
-#endif
-        }
-
-        /* All other attributes are passed to the builder through the
-           environment. */
-        else {
-            string s = processBinding(state, value, ne);
-            ne.derivation.env[key] = s;
-            if (key == "builder") ne.derivation.builder = s;
-            else if (key == "system") ne.derivation.platform = s;
-            else if (key == "name") drvName = s;
-            else if (key == "outPath") outPath = s;
-            else if (key == "id") { 
-                outHash = parseHash(s);
-                outHashGiven = true;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    
-    /* Do we have all required attributes? */
-    if (ne.derivation.builder == "")
-        throw badTerm("required attribute `builder' missing", args);
-    if (ne.derivation.platform == "")
-        throw badTerm("required attribute `system' missing", args);
-    if (drvName == "")
-        throw badTerm("required attribute `name' missing", args);
-        
-    /* Determine the output path. */
-    if (!outHashGiven) outHash = hashDerivation(state, ne);
-    if (outPath == "")
-        /* Hash the Nix expression with no outputs to produce a
-           unique but deterministic path name for this derivation. */
-        outPath = canonPath(nixStore + "/" + 
-            ((string) outHash).c_str() + "-" + drvName);
-    ne.derivation.env["out"] = outPath;
-    ne.derivation.outputs.insert(outPath);
-
-    /* Write the resulting term into the Nix store directory. */
-    Hash drvHash = outHashGiven
-        ? hashString((string) outHash + outPath)
-        : hashDerivation(state, ne);
-    Path drvPath = writeTerm(unparseStoreExpr(ne), "-d-" + drvName);
-    state.drvHashes[drvPath] = drvHash;
-
-    printMsg(lvlChatty, format("instantiated `%1%' -> `%2%'")
-        % drvName % drvPath);
-
-    attrs.set("outPath", ATmake("Path(<str>)", outPath.c_str()));
-    attrs.set("drvPath", ATmake("Path(<str>)", drvPath.c_str()));
-    attrs.set("type", ATmake("Str(\"derivation\")"));
-
-    return makeAttrs(attrs);
-}
-
-
-Expr primBaseNameOf(EvalState & state, Expr arg)
-{
-    string s = evalString(state, arg);
-    return ATmake("Str(<str>)", baseNameOf(s).c_str());
-}
-
-
-Expr primToString(EvalState & state, Expr arg)
-{
-    arg = evalExpr(state, arg);
-    ATMatcher m;
-    string s;
-    if (atMatch(m, arg) >> "Str" >> s ||
-        atMatch(m, arg) >> "Path" >> s ||
-        atMatch(m, arg) >> "Uri" >> s)
-        return ATmake("Str(<str>)", s.c_str());
-    else throw badTerm("cannot coerce to string", arg);
-}
-
-
-Expr primNull(EvalState & state)
-{
-    return ATmake("Null");
-}
-
-
-Expr primIsNull(EvalState & state, Expr arg)
-{
-    arg = evalExpr(state, arg);
-    ATMatcher m;
-    return makeBool(atMatch(m, arg) >> "Null");
-}
diff --git a/src/nix-instantiate/primops.hh b/src/nix-instantiate/primops.hh
deleted file mode 100644
index 76d587afdb1e..000000000000
--- a/src/nix-instantiate/primops.hh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef __PRIMOPS_H
-#define __PRIMOPS_H
-
-#include "eval.hh"
-
-
-/* Load and evaluate an expression from path specified by the
-   argument. */ 
-Expr primImport(EvalState & state, Expr arg);
-
-/* Construct (as a unobservable) side effect) a Nix derivation
-   expression that performs the derivation described by the argument
-   set.  Returns the original set extended with the following
-   attributes: `outPath' containing the primary output path of the
-   derivation; `drvPath' containing the path of the Nix expression;
-   and `type' set to `derivation' to indicate that this is a
-   derivation. */
-Expr primDerivation(EvalState & state, Expr args);
-
-/* Return the base name of the given string, i.e., everything
-   following the last slash. */
-Expr primBaseNameOf(EvalState & state, Expr arg);
-
-/* Convert the argument (which can be a path or a uri) to a string. */
-Expr primToString(EvalState & state, Expr arg);
-
-/* Return the null value. */
-Expr primNull(EvalState & state);
-
-/* Determine whether the argument is the null value. */
-Expr primIsNull(EvalState & state, Expr arg);
-
-
-#endif /* !__PRIMOPS_H */