diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index fc46ef940..cfea7d386 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@
             ++ pkgs.nixComponents.nix-internal-api-docs.nativeBuildInputs
             ++ pkgs.nixComponents.nix-external-api-docs.nativeBuildInputs
             ++ [
+              pkgs.buildPackages.cmake
               modular.pre-commit.settings.package
               (pkgs.writeScriptBin "pre-commit-hooks-install"
                 modular.pre-commit.settings.installationScript)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e969fc907..fb38d7ef2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ subproject('libexpr')
 subproject('libflake')
 
 # Docs
-#subproject('internal-api-docs')
-#subproject('external-api-docs')
+subproject('internal-api-docs')
+subproject('external-api-docs')
 
 # C wrappers
 subproject('libutil-c')
diff --git a/src/libexpr-c/package.nix b/src/libexpr-c/package.nix
index 542be064d..33412e218 100644
--- a/src/libexpr-c/package.nix
+++ b/src/libexpr-c/package.nix
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libexpr-test-support/package.nix b/src/libexpr-test-support/package.nix
index cbc852fa5..ecfb2bb09 100644
--- a/src/libexpr-test-support/package.nix
+++ b/src/libexpr-test-support/package.nix
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libexpr-test/meson.build b/src/libexpr-test/meson.build
index f70fd0693..04b60f6d6 100644
--- a/src/libexpr-test/meson.build
+++ b/src/libexpr-test/meson.build
@@ -17,18 +17,12 @@ cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 subdir('build-utils-meson/deps-lists')
 
 deps_private_maybe_subproject = [
-]
-deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
-  dependency('nix-util'),
-  dependency('nix-util-c'),
-  dependency('nix-util-test-support'),
-  dependency('nix-store'),
-  dependency('nix-store-c'),
-  dependency('nix-store-test-support'),
   dependency('nix-expr'),
   dependency('nix-expr-c'),
   dependency('nix-expr-test-support'),
 ]
+deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
+]
 subdir('build-utils-meson/subprojects')
 
 subdir('build-utils-meson/export-all-symbols')
diff --git a/src/libexpr-test/package.nix b/src/libexpr-test/package.nix
index 7c8c9c4d1..12f4dd506 100644
--- a/src/libexpr-test/package.nix
+++ b/src/libexpr-test/package.nix
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libexpr/flake/call-flake.nix b/src/libexpr/call-flake.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from src/libexpr/flake/call-flake.nix
rename to src/libexpr/call-flake.nix
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.cc b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
index d2be00e55..48ed66883 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.cc
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ EvalState::EvalState(
     )}
     , callFlakeInternal{internalFS->addFile(
         CanonPath("call-flake.nix"),
-        #include "flake/call-flake.nix.gen.hh"
+        #include "call-flake.nix.gen.hh"
     )}
     , store(store)
     , buildStore(buildStore ? buildStore : store)
diff --git a/src/libexpr/local.mk b/src/libexpr/local.mk
index 26958bf2c..68518e184 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/local.mk
+++ b/src/libexpr/local.mk
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ $(foreach i, $(wildcard src/libexpr/value/*.hh), \
 
 $(d)/primops.cc: $(d)/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix.gen.hh
 
-$(d)/eval.cc: $(d)/primops/derivation.nix.gen.hh $(d)/fetchurl.nix.gen.hh $(d)/flake/call-flake.nix.gen.hh
+$(d)/eval.cc: $(d)/primops/derivation.nix.gen.hh $(d)/fetchurl.nix.gen.hh $(d)/call-flake.nix.gen.hh
diff --git a/src/libexpr/meson.build b/src/libexpr/meson.build
index fdf264604..04822d179 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/meson.build
+++ b/src/libexpr/meson.build
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ if bdw_gc.found()
 endif
 configdata.set('HAVE_BOEHMGC', bdw_gc.found().to_int())
 
+toml11 = dependency('toml11', version : '>=3.7.0', method : 'cmake')
+deps_other += toml11
+
 config_h = configure_file(
   configuration : configdata,
   output : 'config-expr.hh',
@@ -117,8 +120,7 @@ generated_headers = []
 foreach header : [
   'imported-drv-to-derivation.nix',
   'fetchurl.nix',
-  'flake/call-flake.nix',
-  'primops/derivation.nix',
+  'call-flake.nix',
 ]
   generated_headers += custom_target(
     command : [ 'bash', '-c', '{ echo \'R"__NIX_STR(\' && cat @INPUT@ && echo \')__NIX_STR"\'; } > "$1"', '_ignored_argv0', '@OUTPUT@' ],
@@ -142,11 +144,6 @@ sources = files(
   'nixexpr.cc',
   'paths.cc',
   'primops.cc',
-  'primops/context.cc',
-  'primops/fetchClosure.cc',
-  'primops/fetchMercurial.cc',
-  'primops/fetchTree.cc',
-  'primops/fromTOML.cc',
   'print-ambiguous.cc',
   'print.cc',
   'search-path.cc',
@@ -187,6 +184,8 @@ headers = [config_h] + files(
   'value/context.hh',
 )
 
+subdir('primops')
+
 this_library = library(
   'nixexpr',
   sources,
diff --git a/src/libexpr/package.nix b/src/libexpr/package.nix
index 14fbf0a06..855d5057e 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/package.nix
+++ b/src/libexpr/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 , meson
 , ninja
 , pkg-config
+, bison
+, flex
+, cmake # for resolving toml11 dep
 
 , nix-util
 , nix-store
@@ -12,6 +15,7 @@
 , boost
 , boehmgc
 , nlohmann_json
+, toml11
 
 # Configuration Options
 
@@ -57,8 +61,12 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     fileset = fileset.unions [
       ./meson.build
       ./meson.options
+      ./primops/meson.build
       (fileset.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "cc") ./.)
       (fileset.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "hh") ./.)
+      ./lexer.l
+      ./parser.y
+      (fileset.fileFilter (file: file.hasExt "nix") ./.)
     ];
   };
 
@@ -68,6 +76,13 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     meson
     ninja
     pkg-config
+    bison
+    flex
+    cmake
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    toml11
   ];
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
@@ -79,9 +94,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ] ++ lib.optional enableGC boehmgc;
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops/meson.build b/src/libexpr/primops/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96a1dd07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+foreach header : [
+  'derivation.nix',
+]
+  generated_headers += custom_target(
+    command : [ 'bash', '-c', '{ echo \'R"__NIX_STR(\' && cat @INPUT@ && echo \')__NIX_STR"\'; } > "$1"', '_ignored_argv0', '@OUTPUT@' ],
+    input : header,
+    output : '@PLAINNAME@.gen.hh',
+  )
+endforeach
+
+sources += files(
+  'context.cc',
+  'fetchClosure.cc',
+  'fetchMercurial.cc',
+  'fetchTree.cc',
+  'fromTOML.cc',
+)
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-test/meson.build b/src/libfetchers-test/meson.build
index e7c5b7873..785754b34 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers-test/meson.build
+++ b/src/libfetchers-test/meson.build
@@ -17,16 +17,11 @@ cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 subdir('build-utils-meson/deps-lists')
 
 deps_private_maybe_subproject = [
-]
-deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
-  dependency('nix-util'),
-  dependency('nix-util-c'),
-  dependency('nix-util-test-support'),
-  dependency('nix-store'),
-  dependency('nix-store-c'),
   dependency('nix-store-test-support'),
   dependency('nix-fetchers'),
 ]
+deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
+]
 subdir('build-utils-meson/subprojects')
 
 subdir('build-utils-meson/export-all-symbols')
@@ -43,8 +38,6 @@ add_project_arguments(
   '-include', 'config-util.hh',
   '-include', 'config-store.hh',
   '-include', 'config-store.hh',
-  '-include', 'config-util.h',
-  '-include', 'config-store.h',
   language : 'cpp',
 )
 
diff --git a/src/libfetchers-test/package.nix b/src/libfetchers-test/package.nix
index f4d3f3b73..78d8ab490 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers-test/package.nix
+++ b/src/libfetchers-test/package.nix
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/meson.build b/src/libfetchers/meson.build
index 257e15766..d5703bbb3 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/meson.build
+++ b/src/libfetchers/meson.build
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ nlohmann_json = dependency('nlohmann_json', version : '>= 3.9')
 deps_public += nlohmann_json
 
 libgit2 = dependency('libgit2')
-deps_public += libgit2
+deps_private += libgit2
 
 add_project_arguments(
   # TODO(Qyriad): Yes this is how the autoconf+Make system did it.
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/package.nix b/src/libfetchers/package.nix
index d2560255e..0146f5aa5 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/package.nix
+++ b/src/libfetchers/package.nix
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so its not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   env = lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.isLinux && !(stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic && stdenv.system == "aarch64-linux")) {
diff --git a/src/libflake-test/meson.build b/src/libflake-test/meson.build
index dd3f658be..b8221b2ad 100644
--- a/src/libflake-test/meson.build
+++ b/src/libflake-test/meson.build
@@ -17,19 +17,11 @@ cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 subdir('build-utils-meson/deps-lists')
 
 deps_private_maybe_subproject = [
-]
-deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
-  dependency('nix-util'),
-  dependency('nix-util-c'),
-  dependency('nix-util-test-support'),
-  dependency('nix-store'),
-  dependency('nix-store-c'),
-  dependency('nix-store-test-support'),
-  dependency('nix-expr'),
-  dependency('nix-expr-c'),
   dependency('nix-expr-test-support'),
   dependency('nix-flake'),
 ]
+deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
+]
 subdir('build-utils-meson/subprojects')
 
 subdir('build-utils-meson/export-all-symbols')
@@ -46,9 +38,6 @@ add_project_arguments(
   '-include', 'config-util.hh',
   '-include', 'config-store.hh',
   '-include', 'config-expr.hh',
-  '-include', 'config-util.h',
-  '-include', 'config-store.h',
-  '-include', 'config-expr.h',
   language : 'cpp',
 )
 
diff --git a/src/libflake-test/package.nix b/src/libflake-test/package.nix
index f03f58619..4fb190706 100644
--- a/src/libflake-test/package.nix
+++ b/src/libflake-test/package.nix
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libflake/meson.build b/src/libflake/meson.build
index e43d21dd3..30f98dce6 100644
--- a/src/libflake/meson.build
+++ b/src/libflake/meson.build
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ subdir('build-utils-meson/subprojects')
 nlohmann_json = dependency('nlohmann_json', version : '>= 3.9')
 deps_public += nlohmann_json
 
-libgit2 = dependency('libgit2')
-deps_public += libgit2
-
 add_project_arguments(
   # TODO(Qyriad): Yes this is how the autoconf+Make system did it.
   # It would be nice for our headers to be idempotent instead.
diff --git a/src/libflake/package.nix b/src/libflake/package.nix
index 1280df7b7..523da4b78 100644
--- a/src/libflake/package.nix
+++ b/src/libflake/package.nix
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so its not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   env = lib.optionalAttrs (stdenv.isLinux && !(stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic && stdenv.system == "aarch64-linux")) {
diff --git a/src/libstore-c/package.nix b/src/libstore-c/package.nix
index 2ed78a760..d0e81b1f9 100644
--- a/src/libstore-c/package.nix
+++ b/src/libstore-c/package.nix
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libstore-test-support/package.nix b/src/libstore-test-support/package.nix
index a28f54e2a..0f4ea73ba 100644
--- a/src/libstore-test-support/package.nix
+++ b/src/libstore-test-support/package.nix
@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libstore-test/meson.build b/src/libstore-test/meson.build
index 6599b2d96..bfd827b01 100644
--- a/src/libstore-test/meson.build
+++ b/src/libstore-test/meson.build
@@ -17,15 +17,12 @@ cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 subdir('build-utils-meson/deps-lists')
 
 deps_private_maybe_subproject = [
-]
-deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
-  dependency('nix-util'),
-  dependency('nix-util-c'),
-  dependency('nix-util-test-support'),
   dependency('nix-store'),
   dependency('nix-store-c'),
   dependency('nix-store-test-support'),
 ]
+deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
+]
 subdir('build-utils-meson/subprojects')
 
 subdir('build-utils-meson/export-all-symbols')
diff --git a/src/libstore-test/package.nix b/src/libstore-test/package.nix
index b57adfea5..0a49f1a05 100644
--- a/src/libstore-test/package.nix
+++ b/src/libstore-test/package.nix
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libstore/package.nix b/src/libstore/package.nix
index 5af1a7815..a08fabff7 100644
--- a/src/libstore/package.nix
+++ b/src/libstore/package.nix
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libutil-c/package.nix b/src/libutil-c/package.nix
index 37f2291b5..ba1dbe38a 100644
--- a/src/libutil-c/package.nix
+++ b/src/libutil-c/package.nix
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libutil-test-support/package.nix b/src/libutil-test-support/package.nix
index c6a0f0183..795159ebf 100644
--- a/src/libutil-test-support/package.nix
+++ b/src/libutil-test-support/package.nix
@@ -62,9 +62,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libutil-test/meson.build b/src/libutil-test/meson.build
index b90148f21..19157cda3 100644
--- a/src/libutil-test/meson.build
+++ b/src/libutil-test/meson.build
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 subdir('build-utils-meson/deps-lists')
 
 deps_private_maybe_subproject = [
-]
-deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
   dependency('nix-util'),
   dependency('nix-util-c'),
   dependency('nix-util-test-support'),
 ]
+deps_public_maybe_subproject = [
+]
 subdir('build-utils-meson/subprojects')
 
 subdir('build-utils-meson/export-all-symbols')
diff --git a/src/libutil-test/package.nix b/src/libutil-test/package.nix
index 391f8d853..396e41f3d 100644
--- a/src/libutil-test/package.nix
+++ b/src/libutil-test/package.nix
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@ mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ];
 
   preConfigure =
-    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix
+    # "Inline" .version so it's not a symlink, and includes the suffix.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       echo ${version} > .version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [
diff --git a/src/libutil/package.nix b/src/libutil/package.nix
index ef5e251fb..aff338d16 100644
--- a/src/libutil/package.nix
+++ b/src/libutil/package.nix
@@ -79,9 +79,11 @@ mkMesonDerivation (finalAttrs: {
 
   preConfigure =
     # TODO: change release process to add `pre` in `.version`, remove it before tagging, and restore after.
+    # Do the meson utils, without modification.
     ''
       chmod u+w ./.version
       echo ${version} > ../../.version
+      cp -r ${../../build-utils-meson} build-utils-meson
     '';
 
   mesonFlags = [