diff --git a/nix/packages/continuwuity/default.nix b/nix/packages/continuwuity/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 077e7c1e6..000000000
--- a/nix/packages/continuwuity/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-{ inputs, ... }:
-{
-  perSystem =
-    {
-      self',
-      lib,
-      pkgs,
-      ...
-    }:
-    let
-      uwulib = inputs.self.uwulib.init pkgs;
-    in
-    {
-      packages =
-        lib.pipe
-          [
-            # this is the default variant
-            {
-              variantName = "default";
-              commonAttrsArgs.profile = "release";
-              rocksdb = self'.packages.rocksdb;
-              features = { };
-            }
-            # this is the variant with all features enabled (liburing + jemalloc)
-            {
-              variantName = "all-features";
-              commonAttrsArgs.profile = "release";
-              rocksdb = self'.packages.rocksdb.override {
-                enableJemalloc = true;
-              };
-              features = {
-                enabledFeatures = "all";
-                disabledFeatures = uwulib.features.defaultDisabledFeatures ++ [ "bindgen-static" ];
-              };
-            }
-          ]
-          [
-            (builtins.map (cfg: rec {
-              deps = {
-                name = "continuwuity-${cfg.variantName}-deps";
-                value = uwulib.build.buildDeps {
-                  features = uwulib.features.calcFeatures cfg.features;
-                  inherit (cfg) commonAttrsArgs rocksdb;
-                };
-              };
-              bin = {
-                name = "continuwuity-${cfg.variantName}-bin";
-                value = uwulib.build.buildPackage {
-                  deps = self'.packages.${deps.name};
-                  features = uwulib.features.calcFeatures cfg.features;
-                  inherit (cfg) commonAttrsArgs rocksdb;
-                };
-              };
-            }))
-            (builtins.concatMap builtins.attrValues)
-            builtins.listToAttrs
-          ];
-    };
-}
diff --git a/nix/packages/default.nix b/nix/packages/default.nix
index b6eb9e721..f38d0ba4a 100644
--- a/nix/packages/default.nix
+++ b/nix/packages/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,53 @@
+{ inputs, ... }:
 {
-  imports = [
-    ./continuwuity
-    ./rust.nix
-    ./uwulib
-  ];
-
   perSystem =
-    { self', pkgs, ... }:
     {
-      packages = {
-        default = self'.packages.continuwuity-default-bin;
-        rocksdb = pkgs.callPackage ./rocksdb.nix { };
-      };
+      self',
+      pkgs,
+      lib,
+      ...
+    }:
+    {
+      packages =
+        let
+          crane = self'.packages.crane;
+          src =
+            let
+              # see https://crane.dev/API.html#cranelibfiltercargosources
+              # we need to keep the `web` directory which would be filtered out by the regular source filtering function
+              # https://crane.dev/API.html#cranelibcleancargosource
+              isWebTemplate = path: _type: builtins.match ".*(src/(web|service)|docs).*" path != null;
+              isRust = crane.filterCargoSources;
+              isNix = path: _type: builtins.match ".+/nix.*" path != null;
+              webOrRustNotNix = p: t: !(isNix p t) && (isWebTemplate p t || isRust p t);
+            in
+            lib.cleanSourceWith {
+              src = inputs.self;
+              filter = webOrRustNotNix;
+              name = "source";
+            };
+
+          common = {
+            inherit src;
+            nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pkg-config ];
+            buildInputs = [ pkgs.liburing ];
+            env.LIBCLANG_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.llvmPackages.libclang.lib ];
+          };
+
+          cargoArtifacts = crane.buildDepsOnly common;
+
+          continuwuity = crane.buildPackage (
+            common
+            // {
+              inherit cargoArtifacts;
+              doCheck = false;
+              env.LIBCLANG_PATH = lib.makeLibraryPath [ pkgs.llvmPackages.libclang.lib ];
+            }
+          );
+        in
+        {
+          default = continuwuity;
+          rocksdb = pkgs.callPackage ./rocksdb.nix { };
+        };
     };
 }
diff --git a/nix/packages/uwulib/build.nix b/nix/packages/uwulib/build.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ab2cd8bc2..000000000
--- a/nix/packages/uwulib/build.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-args@{ pkgs, inputs, ... }:
-let
-  inherit (pkgs) lib;
-  uwuenv = import ./environment.nix args;
-  selfpkgs = inputs.self.packages.${pkgs.stdenv.system};
-in
-rec {
-  # basic, very minimal instance of the crane library with a minimal rust toolchain
-  craneLib = (inputs.crane.mkLib pkgs).overrideToolchain (_: selfpkgs.build-toolchain);
-  # the checks require more rust toolchain components, hence we have this separate instance of the crane library
-  craneLibForChecks = (inputs.crane.mkLib pkgs).overrideToolchain (_: selfpkgs.dev-toolchain);
-
-  # meta information (name, version, etc) of the rust crate based on the Cargo.toml
-  crateInfo = craneLib.crateNameFromCargoToml { cargoToml = "${inputs.self}/Cargo.toml"; };
-
-  src =
-    let
-      # see https://crane.dev/API.html#cranelibfiltercargosources
-      #
-      # we need to keep the `web` directory which would be filtered out by the regular source filtering function
-      #
-      # https://crane.dev/API.html#cranelibcleancargosource
-      isWebTemplate = path: _type: builtins.match ".*(src/(web|service)|docs).*" path != null;
-      isRust = craneLib.filterCargoSources;
-      isNix = path: _type: builtins.match ".+/nix.*" path != null;
-      webOrRustNotNix = p: t: !(isNix p t) && (isWebTemplate p t || isRust p t);
-    in
-    lib.cleanSourceWith {
-      src = inputs.self;
-      filter = webOrRustNotNix;
-      name = "source";
-    };
-
-  # common attrs that are shared between building continuwuity's deps and the package itself
-  commonAttrs =
-    {
-      profile ? "dev",
-      ...
-    }:
-    {
-      inherit (crateInfo)
-        pname
-        version
-        ;
-      inherit src;
-
-      # this prevents unnecessary rebuilds
-      strictDeps = true;
-
-      dontStrip = profile == "dev" || profile == "test";
-      dontPatchELF = profile == "dev" || profile == "test";
-
-      doCheck = true;
-
-      nativeBuildInputs = [
-        # bindgen needs the build platform's libclang. Apparently due to "splicing
-        # weirdness", pkgs.rustPlatform.bindgenHook on its own doesn't quite do the
-        # right thing here.
-        pkgs.rustPlatform.bindgenHook
-      ];
-    };
-
-  makeRocksDBEnv =
-    { rocksdb }:
-    {
-      ROCKSDB_INCLUDE_DIR = "${rocksdb}/include";
-      ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR = "${rocksdb}/lib";
-    };
-
-  # function that builds the continuwuity dependencies derivation
-  buildDeps =
-    {
-      rocksdb,
-      features,
-      commonAttrsArgs,
-    }:
-    craneLib.buildDepsOnly (
-      (commonAttrs commonAttrsArgs)
-      // {
-        env = uwuenv.buildDepsOnlyEnv
-              // (makeRocksDBEnv { inherit rocksdb; })
-              // {
-                # required since we started using unstable reqwest apparently ... otherwise the all-features build will fail
-                RUSTFLAGS = "--cfg reqwest_unstable";
-              };
-        inherit (features) cargoExtraArgs;
-      }
-
-    );
-
-  # function that builds the continuwuity package
-  buildPackage =
-    {
-      deps,
-      rocksdb,
-      features,
-      commonAttrsArgs,
-    }:
-    let
-      rocksdbEnv = makeRocksDBEnv { inherit rocksdb; };
-    in
-    craneLib.buildPackage (
-      (commonAttrs commonAttrsArgs)
-      // {
-        postFixup = ''
-          patchelf --set-rpath "$(${pkgs.patchelf}/bin/patchelf --print-rpath $out/bin/${crateInfo.pname}):${rocksdb}/lib" $out/bin/${crateInfo.pname}
-        '';
-        cargoArtifacts = deps;
-        doCheck = true;
-        env =
-          uwuenv.buildPackageEnv
-          // rocksdbEnv
-          // {
-            # required since we started using unstable reqwest apparently ... otherwise the all-features build will fail
-            RUSTFLAGS = "--cfg reqwest_unstable";
-          };
-        passthru.env = uwuenv.buildPackageEnv // rocksdbEnv;
-        meta.mainProgram = crateInfo.pname;
-        inherit (features) cargoExtraArgs;
-      }
-    );
-}
diff --git a/nix/packages/uwulib/default.nix b/nix/packages/uwulib/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 0510fe0b7..000000000
--- a/nix/packages/uwulib/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{ inputs, ... }:
-{
-  flake.uwulib = {
-    init = pkgs: {
-      features = import ./features.nix { inherit pkgs inputs; };
-      environment = import ./environment.nix { inherit pkgs inputs; };
-      build = import ./build.nix { inherit pkgs inputs; };
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/nix/packages/uwulib/environment.nix b/nix/packages/uwulib/environment.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ec140cf97..000000000
--- a/nix/packages/uwulib/environment.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-args@{ pkgs, inputs, ... }:
-let
-  uwubuild = import ./build.nix args;
-in
-rec {
-  buildDepsOnlyEnv = {
-    # https://crane.dev/faq/rebuilds-bindgen.html
-    NIX_OUTPATH_USED_AS_RANDOM_SEED = "aaaaaaaaaa";
-    CARGO_PROFILE = "release";
-  }
-  // uwubuild.craneLib.mkCrossToolchainEnv (p: pkgs.clangStdenv);
-
-  buildPackageEnv = {
-    GIT_COMMIT_HASH = inputs.self.rev or inputs.self.dirtyRev or "";
-    GIT_COMMIT_HASH_SHORT = inputs.self.shortRev or inputs.self.dirtyShortRev or "";
-  }
-  // buildDepsOnlyEnv;
-}
diff --git a/nix/packages/uwulib/features.nix b/nix/packages/uwulib/features.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index d85985e8a..000000000
--- a/nix/packages/uwulib/features.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-{ pkgs, inputs, ... }:
-let
-  inherit (pkgs) lib;
-in
-rec {
-  defaultDisabledFeatures = [
-    # dont include experimental features
-    "experimental"
-    # jemalloc profiling/stats features are expensive and shouldn't
-    # be expected on non-debug builds.
-    "jemalloc_prof"
-    "jemalloc_stats"
-    # this is non-functional on nix for some reason
-    "hardened_malloc"
-    # conduwuit_mods is a development-only hot reload feature
-    "conduwuit_mods"
-    # we don't want to enable this feature set by default but be more specific about it
-    "full"
-  ];
-  # We perform default-feature unification in nix, because some of the dependencies
-  # on the nix side depend on feature values.
-  calcFeatures =
-    {
-      tomlPath ? "${inputs.self}/src/main",
-      # either a list of feature names or a string "all" which enables all non-default features
-      enabledFeatures ? [ ],
-      disabledFeatures ? defaultDisabledFeatures,
-      default_features ? true,
-      disable_release_max_log_level ? false,
-    }:
-    let
-      # simple helper to get the contents of a Cargo.toml file in a nix format
-      getToml = path: lib.importTOML "${path}/Cargo.toml";
-
-      # get all the features except for the default features
-      allFeatures = lib.pipe tomlPath [
-        getToml
-        (manifest: manifest.features)
-        lib.attrNames
-        (lib.remove "default")
-      ];
-
-      # get just the default enabled features
-      allDefaultFeatures = lib.pipe tomlPath [
-        getToml
-        (manifest: manifest.features.default)
-      ];
-
-      # depending on the value of enabledFeatures choose just a set or all non-default features
-      #
-      # - [ list of features ] -> choose exactly the features listed
-      # - "all" -> choose all non-default features
-      additionalFeatures = if enabledFeatures == "all" then allFeatures else enabledFeatures;
-
-      # unification with default features (if enabled)
-      features = lib.unique (additionalFeatures ++ lib.optionals default_features allDefaultFeatures);
-
-      # prepare the features that are subtracted from the set
-      disabledFeatures' =
-        disabledFeatures ++ lib.optionals disable_release_max_log_level [ "release_max_log_level" ];
-
-      # construct the final feature set
-      finalFeatures = lib.subtractLists disabledFeatures' features;
-    in
-    {
-      # final feature set, useful for querying it
-      features = finalFeatures;
-
-      # crane flag with the relevant features
-      cargoExtraArgs = builtins.concatStringsSep " " [
-        "--no-default-features"
-        "--locked"
-        (lib.optionalString (finalFeatures != [ ]) "--features")
-        (builtins.concatStringsSep "," finalFeatures)
-      ];
-    };
-}