diff --git a/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix b/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
index daeebde76cf5..0a2f76c919c1 100644
--- a/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
+++ b/modules/installer/cd-dvd/iso-image.nix
@@ -154,15 +154,10 @@ in
   # We need squashfs in the initrd to mount the compressed Nix store,
   # and aufs to make the root filesystem appear writable.
   boot.extraModulePackages =
-    let features = config.boot.kernelPackages.kernel.features; in
-
-    pkgs.stdenv.lib.singleton (if features ? aufs2 && features.aufs2 then
-      config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs2
-    else if features ? aufs2_1 && features.aufs2_1 then
-      config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs2_1
-    else if features ? aufs3 && features.aufs3 then
-      config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs3
-    else abort "This kernel doesn't have aufs enabled");
+    if config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs == null then
+      abort "This kernel doesn't have aufs enabled"
+    else
+      [ config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs ];
 
   boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "aufs" "squashfs" "iso9660" ];
 
diff --git a/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix b/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
index 7608f4574657..c1c31358d8c1 100644
--- a/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
+++ b/modules/virtualisation/amazon-image.nix
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ with pkgs.lib;
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "xen-blkfront" "aufs" ];
   boot.kernelModules = [ "xen-netfront" ];
 
-  boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs2 ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs ];
 
   # Generate a GRUB menu.  Amazon's pv-grub uses this to boot our kernel/initrd.
   boot.loader.grub.device = "nodev";
diff --git a/modules/virtualisation/nova-image.nix b/modules/virtualisation/nova-image.nix
index 87489c39d35a..ea4dbcc4dd4c 100644
--- a/modules/virtualisation/nova-image.nix
+++ b/modules/virtualisation/nova-image.nix
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ with pkgs.lib;
 
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "aufs" ];
 
-  boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs2 ];
+  boot.extraModulePackages = [ config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs ];
 
   boot.loader.grub.version = 2;
   boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/vda";
diff --git a/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix b/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
index 7738ce1f2e76..9f6801e89cce 100644
--- a/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
+++ b/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ in
     ++ optional cfg.writableStore [ "aufs" ];
 
   boot.extraModulePackages =
-    optional cfg.writableStore config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs2;
+    optional cfg.writableStore config.boot.kernelPackages.aufs;
 
   boot.initrd.extraUtilsCommands =
     ''