diff --git a/boot/boot.sh b/boot/boot.sh
index c964e410c415..8ed197ca2873 100644
--- a/boot/boot.sh
+++ b/boot/boot.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ echo "cleaning utmp and wtmp..."
 echo "" > /var/run/utmp
 echo "" > /var/log/wtmp
 
+echo "setting hotplug..."
+cat /etc/sysconfig/hotplug > /proc/sys/kernel/hotplug
+
 echo "loading USB controller modules..."
 @module_init_tools@/sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd
 
diff --git a/fill-disk.sh b/fill-disk.sh
index f009a68bcb20..18beb23d3187 100755
--- a/fill-disk.sh
+++ b/fill-disk.sh
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ make_dir 00755 /bin
 make_dir 00755 /boot
 make_dir 00755 /dev
 make_dir 00755 /dev/pts
-make_dir 00755 /dev/input
 make_dir 00755 /etc # global non-constant configuration
 make_dir 00755 /etc/ssh
 make_dir 00755 /etc/sysconfig
@@ -359,15 +358,25 @@ cp @kernel@/lib/modules/$version/modules.* $root/lib/modules/$version
 chmod 644 $root/lib/modules/$version/modules.*
 
 ###
-### Do funky stuff with grub here.
+### hotplug
 ###
 
+echo "@hotplug@/sbin/hotplug" > $root/etc/sysconfig/hotplug
 ln -s @hotplug@/sbin/hotplug $root/sbin/hotplug
 ln -s @hotplug@/etc/hotplug $root/etc/hotplug
 ln -s @hotplug@/etc/hotplug.d $root/etc/hotplug.d
+
+###
+### init
+###
+
 ln -s $device $root/dev/root
 ln -s @sysvinitPath@/sbin/init /sbin/init
 
+###
+### Do funky stuff with grub here.
+###
+
 echo installing bootloader
 
 grub-install --root-directory=${root} --no-floppy ${targetdrive}
diff --git a/kernelscripts/kernel.nix b/kernelscripts/kernel.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a799a5ea4d1..000000000000
--- a/kernelscripts/kernel.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-rec {
-  inherit (import /nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/system/i686-linux.nix)
-    stdenv kernel ov511;
-
-  everything = [kernel ov511];
-}
diff --git a/kernelscripts/make-kernel.sh.in b/kernelscripts/make-kernel.sh.in
deleted file mode 100755
index 681587f62dd7..000000000000
--- a/kernelscripts/make-kernel.sh.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh -e
-
-#archivesDir=$(@mktemp@/bin/mktemp -d)
-archivesDir=/
-
-cpwd=@coreutils@/bin/pwd
-
-storeExpr=$(@nix@/bin/nix-store -qR $(@nix@/bin/nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./kernel.nix).everything' | @nix@/bin/nix-instantiate -)))
-
-kernel=$(@nix@/bin/nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./kernel.nix).kernel' | @nix@/bin/nix-instantiate -))
-
-ov511=$(@nix@/bin/nix-store -r $(echo '(import ./kernel.nix).ov511' | @nix@/bin/nix-instantiate -))
-
-#echo making kernel stuff
-
-kernelVersion=$(cd $kernel/lib/modules/; @coreutils@/bin/ls -d *)
-@coreutils@/bin/mkdir -p $archivesDir/lib/modules/$kernelVersion
-
-#echo $kernelVersion
-
-cd $kernel
-
-# make directories
-
-@findutils@/bin/find . -not -path "./lib/modules/$kernelVersion/build*" -type d | @findutils@/bin/xargs -n 1 -i% @coreutils@/bin/mkdir -p $archivesDir/%
-
-# link all files
-@findutils@/bin/find . -not -path "./lib/modules/$kernelVersion/build*" -type f | @findutils@/bin/xargs -n 1 -i% @coreutils@/bin/ln -s $kernel/% $archivesDir/%
-
-# make directories
-
-cd $ov511
-@findutils@/bin/find . -not -path "./lib/modules/$kernelVersion/build*" -type d | @findutils@/bin/xargs -n 1 -i% @coreutils@/bin/mkdir -p $archivesDir/%
-
-# link all files
-@findutils@/bin/find . -not -path "./lib/modules/$kernelVersion/build*" -type f | @findutils@/bin/xargs -n 1 -i% @coreutils@/bin/ln -s $ov511/% $archivesDir/%