diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/nixpkgs-lint.nix b/maintainers/scripts/nixpkgs-lint.nix
index 6d99c94bf33e..b0267281b389 100644
--- a/maintainers/scripts/nixpkgs-lint.nix
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/nixpkgs-lint.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, makeWrapper, perl, perlPackages }:
+{ stdenv, lib, makeWrapper, perl, perlPackages }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "nixpkgs-lint-1";
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       wrapProgram $out/bin/nixpkgs-lint --set PERL5LIB $PERL5LIB
     '';
 
-  meta = {
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
+  meta = with lib; {
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
     description = "A utility for Nixpkgs contributors to check Nixpkgs for common errors";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/gnu.nix b/nixos/modules/config/gnu.nix
index 93d130970190..255d9741ba71 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/gnu.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/gnu.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
-with lib;
-
 {
   options = {
-    gnu = mkOption {
-      type = types.bool;
+    gnu = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
       default = false;
       description = ''
         When enabled, GNU software is chosen by default whenever a there is
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ with lib;
     };
   };
 
-  config = mkIf config.gnu {
+  config = lib.mkIf config.gnu {
 
     environment.systemPackages = with pkgs;
       # TODO: Adjust `requiredPackages' from `system-path.nix'.
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ with lib;
         nano zile
         texinfo # for the stand-alone Info reader
       ]
-      ++ stdenv.lib.optional (!stdenv.isAarch32) grub2;
+      ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.isAarch32) grub2;
 
 
     # GNU GRUB, where available.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-option/default.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-option/default.nix
index 753fd92c7bbf..f18f6911c97f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-option/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/tools/nixos-option/default.nix
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   src = ./.;
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ boost nix ];
-  meta = {
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl2Plus;
-    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ chkno ];
+  meta = with lib; {
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ chkno ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane_extra_backends/brscan4_etc_files.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane_extra_backends/brscan4_etc_files.nix
index ec0457bbd583..556f6bbb419a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane_extra_backends/brscan4_etc_files.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane_extra_backends/brscan4_etc_files.nix
@@ -19,18 +19,16 @@ nix-shell -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; brscan4-etc-files.override{netDevices=[
 
 */
 
-with lib;
-
 let
 
   addNetDev = nd: ''
     brsaneconfig4 -a \
     name="${nd.name}" \
     model="${nd.model}" \
-    ${if (hasAttr "nodename" nd && nd.nodename != null) then
+    ${if (lib.hasAttr "nodename" nd && nd.nodename != null) then
       ''nodename="${nd.nodename}"'' else
       ''ip="${nd.ip}"''}'';
-  addAllNetDev = xs: concatStringsSep "\n" (map addNetDev xs);
+  addAllNetDev = xs: lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (map addNetDev xs);
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -61,11 +59,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   dontStrip = true;
   dontPatchELF = true;
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with lib; {
     description = "Brother brscan4 sane backend driver etc files";
     homepage = "http://www.brother.com";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ jraygauthier ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.unfree;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ jraygauthier ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix
index d172ae38fdcf..e2332df611aa 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ in
     system.build.googleComputeImage = import ../../lib/make-disk-image.nix {
       name = "google-compute-image";
       postVM = ''
-        PATH=$PATH:${with pkgs; stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [ gnutar gzip ]}
+        PATH=$PATH:${with pkgs; lib.makeBinPath [ gnutar gzip ]}
         pushd $out
         mv $diskImage disk.raw
         tar -Szcf nixos-image-${config.system.nixos.label}-${pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.raw.tar.gz disk.raw
diff --git a/nixos/tests/searx.nix b/nixos/tests/searx.nix
index 357ade105358..22c1967b8160 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/searx.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/searx.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import ./make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ...} :
 
 {
   name = "searx";
-  meta = with pkgs.stdenv.lib.maintainers; {
+  meta = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; {
     maintainers = [ rnhmjoj ];
   };