diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 30a8e4354..a66603cc8 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -296,16 +296,16 @@
           }
           (pkgName: {}: {
               # These attributes go right into `packages.<system>`.
-              "${pkgName}" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.native.${pkgName};
-              "${pkgName}-static" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.static.${pkgName};
+              "${pkgName}" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.native.nixComponents.${pkgName};
+              "${pkgName}-static" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.static.nixComponents.${pkgName};
             }
             // flatMapAttrs (lib.genAttrs crossSystems (_: { })) (crossSystem: {}: {
               # These attributes go right into `packages.<system>`.
-              "${pkgName}-${crossSystem}" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.cross.${crossSystem}.${pkgName};
+              "${pkgName}-${crossSystem}" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.cross.${crossSystem}.nixComponents.${pkgName};
             })
             // flatMapAttrs (lib.genAttrs stdenvs (_: { })) (stdenvName: {}: {
               # These attributes go right into `packages.<system>`.
-              "${pkgName}-${stdenvName}" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.stdenvs."${stdenvName}Packages".${pkgName};
+              "${pkgName}-${stdenvName}" = nixpkgsFor.${system}.stdenvs."${stdenvName}Packages".nixComponents.${pkgName};
             })
           )
         // lib.optionalAttrs (builtins.elem system linux64BitSystems) {
@@ -367,17 +367,17 @@
           };
 
           mesonFlags =
-            map (transformFlag "libutil") pkgs.nix-util.mesonFlags
-            ++ map (transformFlag "libstore") pkgs.nix-store.mesonFlags
-            ++ map (transformFlag "libfetchers") pkgs.nix-fetchers.mesonFlags
-            ++ lib.optionals havePerl (map (transformFlag "perl") pkgs.nix-perl-bindings.mesonFlags)
+            map (transformFlag "libutil") pkgs.nixComponents.nix-util.mesonFlags
+            ++ map (transformFlag "libstore") pkgs.nixComponents.nix-store.mesonFlags
+            ++ map (transformFlag "libfetchers") pkgs.nixComponents.nix-fetchers.mesonFlags
+            ++ lib.optionals havePerl (map (transformFlag "perl") pkgs.nixComponents.nix-perl-bindings.mesonFlags)
             ;
 
           nativeBuildInputs = attrs.nativeBuildInputs or []
-            ++ pkgs.nix-util.nativeBuildInputs
-            ++ pkgs.nix-store.nativeBuildInputs
-            ++ pkgs.nix-fetchers.nativeBuildInputs
-            ++ lib.optionals havePerl pkgs.nix-perl-bindings.nativeBuildInputs
+            ++ pkgs.nixComponents.nix-util.nativeBuildInputs
+            ++ pkgs.nixComponents.nix-store.nativeBuildInputs
+            ++ pkgs.nixComponents.nix-fetchers.nativeBuildInputs
+            ++ lib.optionals havePerl pkgs.nixComponents.nix-perl-bindings.nativeBuildInputs
             ++ pkgs.nix-internal-api-docs.nativeBuildInputs
             ++ pkgs.nix-external-api-docs.nativeBuildInputs
             ++ [
diff --git a/maintainers/hydra.nix b/maintainers/hydra.nix
index 9e6f2c468..b03cbdfa0 100644
--- a/maintainers/hydra.nix
+++ b/maintainers/hydra.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ let
       doBuild = false;
     };
 
+  # Technically we could just return `pkgs.nixComponents`, but for Hydra it's
+  # convention to transpose it, and to transpose it efficiently, we need to
+  # enumerate them manually, so that we don't evaluate unnecessary package sets.
   forAllPackages = lib.genAttrs [
     "nix"
     "nix-util"
@@ -46,16 +49,16 @@ in
 {
   # Binary package for various platforms.
   build = forAllPackages (pkgName:
-    forAllSystems (system: nixpkgsFor.${system}.native.${pkgName}));
+    forAllSystems (system: nixpkgsFor.${system}.native.nixComponents.${pkgName}));
 
   shellInputs = forAllSystems (system: self.devShells.${system}.default.inputDerivation);
 
   buildStatic = forAllPackages (pkgName:
-    lib.genAttrs linux64BitSystems (system: nixpkgsFor.${system}.static.${pkgName}));
+    lib.genAttrs linux64BitSystems (system: nixpkgsFor.${system}.static.nixComponents.${pkgName}));
 
   buildCross = forAllPackages (pkgName:
     forAllCrossSystems (crossSystem:
-      lib.genAttrs [ "x86_64-linux" ] (system: nixpkgsFor.${system}.cross.${crossSystem}.${pkgName})));
+      lib.genAttrs [ "x86_64-linux" ] (system: nixpkgsFor.${system}.cross.${crossSystem}.nixComponents.${pkgName})));
 
   buildNoGc = forAllSystems (system:
     self.packages.${system}.nix.override { enableGC = false; }
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ in
   );
 
   # Perl bindings for various platforms.
-  perlBindings = forAllSystems (system: nixpkgsFor.${system}.native.nix-perl-bindings);
+  perlBindings = forAllSystems (system: nixpkgsFor.${system}.native.nixComponents.nix-perl-bindings);
 
   # Binary tarball for various platforms, containing a Nix store
   # with the closure of 'nix' package, and the second half of