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authorrnhmjoj <rnhmjoj@inventati.org>2019-09-14 19:51:29 +0200
committerworldofpeace <worldofpeace@protonmail.ch>2020-01-06 10:39:18 -0500
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treewide: use attrs instead of list for types.loaOf options
Diffstat (limited to 'nixos/modules')
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/config/i18n.nix13
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/config/ldap.nix4
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix27
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-pc.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix2
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/programs/dconf.nix9
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/programs/shadow.nix28
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix28
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/security/pam.nix9
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/security/pam_mount.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/security/rtkit.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix26
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/backup/mysql-backup.nix7
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/buildbot/master.nix21
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/buildbot/worker.nix21
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gocd-agent/default.nix24
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gocd-server/default.nix24
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix24
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/slave.nix20
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/databases/cockroachdb.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/databases/foundationdb.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/databases/memcached.nix7
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/databases/neo4j.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/databases/virtuoso.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/editors/infinoted.nix15
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/hardware/bluetooth.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane_extra_backends/brscan4.nix11
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/hardware/tcsd.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/hardware/tlp.nix15
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix11
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/hardware/usbmuxd.nix13
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix7
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix52
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/dspam.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/exim.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/mlmmj.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/nullmailer.nix7
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/opendkim.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/postfix.nix21
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/postsrsd.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/rspamd.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/mail/spamassassin.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/apache-kafka.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/bepasty.nix18
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/cgminer.nix7
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/couchpotato.nix11
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/dictd.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/etcd.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/exhibitor.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/felix.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/folding-at-home.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/gitlab.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/gpsd.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/headphones.nix24
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/matrix-synapse.nix13
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/mediatomb.nix24
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/octoprint.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/redmine.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/serviio.nix13
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/sickbeard.nix24
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/siproxd.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/taskserver/default.nix16
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/uhub.nix24
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/misc/zookeeper.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/collectd.nix7
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix21
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/dd-agent/dd-agent.nix60
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/fusion-inventory.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/heapster.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/munin.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/nagios.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix11
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/telegraf.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix45
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ceph.nix7
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/davfs2.nix23
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/drbd.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/bitlbee.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/charybdis.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/coturn.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/dnschain.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/dnsmasq.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/ejabberd.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/gale.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/git-daemon.nix12
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/hans.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/i2pd.nix18
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/iodine.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/ircd-hybrid/default.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/kippo.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/kresd.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/matterbridge.nix13
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/mjpg-streamer.nix9
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/monero.nix8
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/mxisd.nix13
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/namecoind.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix101
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/nntp-proxy.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/nsd.nix8
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/chrony.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/ntpd.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/openntpd.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/owamp.nix7
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/pdnsd.nix6
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/polipo.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/pppd.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/prayer.nix11
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/radicale.nix11
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/shairport-sync.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/shout.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/smokeping.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/supybot.nix4
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/tcpcrypt.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/tox-bootstrapd.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/vsftpd.nix21
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/networking/znc/default.nix26
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/scheduling/atd.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/scheduling/fcron.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix22
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/search/kibana.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/search/solr.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/security/clamav.nix9
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/security/fprot.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/security/torsocks.nix9
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix4
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/ttys/agetty.nix3
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/web-apps/frab.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mattermost.nix22
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix15
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/web-servers/unit/default.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/web-servers/uwsgi.nix14
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/enlightenment.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/x11/hardware/libinput.nix13
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix30
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix5
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix10
-rw-r--r--nixos/modules/virtualisation/xen-dom0.nix31
153 files changed, 817 insertions, 1012 deletions
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/i18n.nix b/nixos/modules/config/i18n.nix
index 45691f4839c..cc2ddda9d32 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/i18n.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/i18n.nix
@@ -80,14 +80,11 @@ with lib;
     };
 
     # ‘/etc/locale.conf’ is used by systemd.
-    environment.etc = singleton
-      { target = "locale.conf";
-        source = pkgs.writeText "locale.conf"
-          ''
-            LANG=${config.i18n.defaultLocale}
-            ${concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList (n: v: ''${n}=${v}'') config.i18n.extraLocaleSettings)}
-          '';
-      };
+    environment.etc."locale.conf".source = pkgs.writeText "locale.conf"
+      ''
+        LANG=${config.i18n.defaultLocale}
+        ${concatStringsSep "\n" (mapAttrsToList (n: v: ''${n}=${v}'') config.i18n.extraLocaleSettings)}
+      '';
 
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/ldap.nix b/nixos/modules/config/ldap.nix
index e008497a2a6..9c8e9d14937 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/ldap.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/ldap.nix
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    environment.etc = optional (!cfg.daemon.enable) ldapConfig;
+    environment.etc = optionalAttrs (!cfg.daemon.enable) {
+      "ldap.conf" = ldapConfig;
+    };
 
     system.activationScripts = mkIf (!cfg.daemon.enable) {
       ldap = stringAfter [ "etc" "groups" "users" ] ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix b/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix
index 9baad9b5854..048bbb30c73 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/config/pulseaudio.nix
@@ -215,9 +215,8 @@ in {
 
   config = mkMerge [
     {
-      environment.etc = singleton {
-        target = "pulse/client.conf";
-        source = clientConf;
+      environment.etc = {
+        "pulse/client.conf".source = clientConf;
       };
 
       hardware.pulseaudio.configFile = mkDefault "${getBin overriddenPackage}/etc/pulse/default.pa";
@@ -228,19 +227,16 @@ in {
 
       sound.enable = true;
 
-      environment.etc = [
-        { target = "asound.conf";
-          source = alsaConf; }
+      environment.etc = {
+        "asound.conf".source = alsaConf;
 
-        { target = "pulse/daemon.conf";
-          source = writeText "daemon.conf" (lib.generators.toKeyValue {} cfg.daemon.config); }
+        "pulse/daemon.conf".source = writeText "daemon.conf"
+          (lib.generators.toKeyValue {} cfg.daemon.config);
 
-        { target = "openal/alsoft.conf";
-          source = writeText "alsoft.conf" "drivers=pulse"; }
+        "openal/alsoft.conf".source = writeText "alsoft.conf" "drivers=pulse";
 
-        { target = "libao.conf";
-          source = writeText "libao.conf" "default_driver=pulse"; }
-      ];
+        "libao.conf".source = writeText "libao.conf" "default_driver=pulse";
+      };
 
       # Disable flat volumes to enable relative ones
       hardware.pulseaudio.daemon.config.flat-volumes = mkDefault "no";
@@ -275,9 +271,8 @@ in {
     })
 
     (mkIf nonSystemWide {
-      environment.etc = singleton {
-        target = "pulse/default.pa";
-        source = myConfigFile;
+      environment.etc = {
+        "pulse/default.pa".source = myConfigFile;
       };
       systemd.user = {
         services.pulseaudio = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-pc.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-pc.nix
index bf8b7deb59e..f2af7dcde3d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-pc.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-pc.nix
@@ -122,11 +122,10 @@ in
 
   /* fake entry, just to have a happy stage-1. Users
      may boot without having stage-1 though */
-  fileSystems = [
+  fileSystems.fake =
     { mountPoint = "/";
       device = "/dev/something";
-      }
-  ];
+    };
 
   nixpkgs.config = {
     packageOverrides = p: {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix
index 90a5128c02a..8408f56f94f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball-sheevaplug.nix
@@ -117,11 +117,10 @@ in
 
   /* fake entry, just to have a happy stage-1. Users
      may boot without having stage-1 though */
-  fileSystems = [
+  fileSystems.fake =
     { mountPoint = "/";
       device = "/dev/something";
-      }
-  ];
+    };
 
   services.mingetty = {
     # Some more help text.
diff --git a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix
index b84096861f5..58098c45535 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/installer/cd-dvd/system-tarball.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in
 
     # In stage 1 of the boot, mount the CD/DVD as the root FS by label
     # so that we don't need to know its device.
-    fileSystems = [ ];
+    fileSystems = { };
 
     # boot.initrd.availableKernelModules = [ "mvsdio" "reiserfs" "ext3" "ext4" ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/dconf.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/dconf.nix
index e0e2ffd80cf..6702e8efd1c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/dconf.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/dconf.nix
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ let
   cfg = config.programs.dconf;
 
   mkDconfProfile = name: path:
-    { source = path; target = "dconf/profile/${name}"; };
+    {
+      name = "dconf/profile/${name}";
+      value.source = path; 
+    };
 
 in
 {
@@ -29,8 +32,8 @@ in
   ###### implementation
 
   config = mkIf (cfg.profiles != {} || cfg.enable) {
-    environment.etc = optionals (cfg.profiles != {})
-      (mapAttrsToList mkDconfProfile cfg.profiles);
+    environment.etc = optionalAttrs (cfg.profiles != {})
+      (mapAttrs' mkDconfProfile cfg.profiles);
 
     services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.dconf ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/programs/shadow.nix b/nixos/modules/programs/shadow.nix
index 7eaf79d864e..fc352795c01 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/programs/shadow.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/programs/shadow.nix
@@ -76,22 +76,18 @@ in
         config.users.defaultUserShell;
 
     environment.etc =
-      [ { # /etc/login.defs: global configuration for pwdutils.  You
-          # cannot login without it!
-          source = pkgs.writeText "login.defs" loginDefs;
-          target = "login.defs";
-        }
-
-        { # /etc/default/useradd: configuration for useradd.
-          source = pkgs.writeText "useradd"
-            ''
-              GROUP=100
-              HOME=/home
-              SHELL=${utils.toShellPath config.users.defaultUserShell}
-            '';
-          target = "default/useradd";
-        }
-      ];
+      { # /etc/login.defs: global configuration for pwdutils.  You
+        # cannot login without it!
+        "login.defs".source = pkgs.writeText "login.defs" loginDefs;
+
+        # /etc/default/useradd: configuration for useradd.
+        "default/useradd".source = pkgs.writeText "useradd"
+          ''
+            GROUP=100
+            HOME=/home
+            SHELL=${utils.toShellPath config.users.defaultUserShell}
+          '';
+      };
 
     security.pam.services =
       { chsh = { rootOK = true; };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix b/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix
index 997328ad9e6..78a82b7154e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/duosec.nix
@@ -25,19 +25,21 @@ let
     accept_env_factor=${boolToStr cfg.acceptEnvFactor}
   '';
 
-  loginCfgFile = optional cfg.ssh.enable
-    { source = pkgs.writeText "login_duo.conf" configFileLogin;
-      mode   = "0600";
-      user   = "sshd";
-      target = "duo/login_duo.conf";
-    };
+  loginCfgFile = optionalAttrs cfg.ssh.enable {
+    "duo/login_duo.conf" =
+      { source = pkgs.writeText "login_duo.conf" configFileLogin;
+        mode   = "0600";
+        user   = "sshd";
+      };
+  };
 
-  pamCfgFile = optional cfg.pam.enable
-    { source = pkgs.writeText "pam_duo.conf" configFilePam;
-      mode   = "0600";
-      user   = "sshd";
-      target = "duo/pam_duo.conf";
-    };
+  pamCfgFile = optional cfg.pam.enable {
+    "duo/pam_duo.conf" =
+      { source = pkgs.writeText "pam_duo.conf" configFilePam;
+        mode   = "0600";
+        user   = "sshd";
+      };
+  };
 in
 {
   options = {
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ in
      environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.duo-unix ];
 
      security.wrappers.login_duo.source = "${pkgs.duo-unix.out}/bin/login_duo";
-     environment.etc = loginCfgFile ++ pamCfgFile;
+     environment.etc = loginCfgFile // pamCfgFile;
 
      /* If PAM *and* SSH are enabled, then don't do anything special.
      If PAM isn't used, set the default SSH-only options. */
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix b/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
index 0adc27c47f0..ee37c18d980 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/pam.nix
@@ -475,9 +475,9 @@ let
 
   motd = pkgs.writeText "motd" config.users.motd;
 
-  makePAMService = pamService:
-    { source = pkgs.writeText "${pamService.name}.pam" pamService.text;
-      target = "pam.d/${pamService.name}";
+  makePAMService = name: service:
+    { name = "pam.d/${name}";
+      value.source = pkgs.writeText "${name}.pam" service.text;
     };
 
 in
@@ -760,8 +760,7 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    environment.etc =
-      mapAttrsToList (n: v: makePAMService v) config.security.pam.services;
+    environment.etc = mapAttrs' makePAMService config.security.pam.services;
 
     security.pam.services =
       { other.text =
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/pam_mount.nix b/nixos/modules/security/pam_mount.nix
index 75f58462d13..77e22a96b55 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/pam_mount.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/pam_mount.nix
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ in
   config = mkIf (cfg.enable || anyPamMount) {
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.pam_mount ];
-    environment.etc = [{
-      target = "security/pam_mount.conf.xml";
+    environment.etc."security/pam_mount.conf.xml" = {
       source =
         let
           extraUserVolumes = filterAttrs (n: u: u.cryptHomeLuks != null) config.users.users;
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ in
           ${concatStringsSep "\n" cfg.extraVolumes}
           </pam_mount>
           '';
-    }];
+    };
 
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/rtkit.nix b/nixos/modules/security/rtkit.nix
index f6dda21c600..a7b27cbcf21 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/rtkit.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/rtkit.nix
@@ -34,9 +34,8 @@ with lib;
 
     services.dbus.packages = [ pkgs.rtkit ];
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "rtkit";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.rtkit;
+    users.users.rtkit =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.rtkit;
         description = "RealtimeKit daemon";
       };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix b/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix
index 10ee036be84..d899806ef05 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/security/sudo.nix
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ in
 
     security.pam.services.sudo = { sshAgentAuth = true; };
 
-    environment.etc = singleton
+    environment.etc.sudoers =
       { source =
           pkgs.runCommand "sudoers"
           {
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ in
           # Make sure that the sudoers file is syntactically valid.
           # (currently disabled - NIXOS-66)
           "${pkgs.buildPackages.sudo}/sbin/visudo -f $src -c && cp $src $out";
-        target = "sudoers";
         mode = "0440";
       };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
index 7932d094197..e20591b5beb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/audio/mpd.nix
@@ -184,19 +184,19 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == name) (singleton {
-      inherit uid;
-      inherit name;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      extraGroups = [ "audio" ];
-      description = "Music Player Daemon user";
-      home = "${cfg.dataDir}";
-    });
-
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == name) (singleton {
-      inherit name;
-      gid = gid;
-    });
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == name) {
+      ${name} = {
+        inherit uid;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        extraGroups = [ "audio" ];
+        description = "Music Player Daemon user";
+        home = "${cfg.dataDir}";
+      };
+    };
+
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == name) {
+      ${name}.gid = gid;
+    };
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/backup/mysql-backup.nix b/nixos/modules/services/backup/mysql-backup.nix
index dbd5605143f..f58af82773f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/backup/mysql-backup.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/backup/mysql-backup.nix
@@ -84,13 +84,14 @@ in
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == defaultUser) (singleton
-      { name = defaultUser;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == defaultUser) {
+      ${defaultUser} = {
         isSystemUser = true;
         createHome = false;
         home = cfg.location;
         group = "nogroup";
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
     services.mysql.ensureUsers = [{
       name = cfg.user;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix
index 3605d036509..3a11a6513a4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/kubernetes/default.nix
@@ -266,8 +266,7 @@ in {
         "d /var/lib/kubernetes 0755 kubernetes kubernetes -"
       ];
 
-      users.users = singleton {
-        name = "kubernetes";
+      users.users.kubernetes = {
         uid = config.ids.uids.kubernetes;
         description = "Kubernetes user";
         extraGroups = [ "docker" ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/buildbot/master.nix b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/buildbot/master.nix
index 9c615fbe885..326d2cbd82c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/buildbot/master.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/buildbot/master.nix
@@ -223,18 +223,19 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "buildbot") {
-      name = "buildbot";
+      buildbot = { };
     };
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "buildbot") {
-      name = "buildbot";
-      description = "Buildbot User.";
-      isNormalUser = true;
-      createHome = true;
-      home = cfg.home;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
-      useDefaultShell = true;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "buildbot") {
+      buildbot = {
+        description = "Buildbot User.";
+        isNormalUser = true;
+        createHome = true;
+        home = cfg.home;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
+        useDefaultShell = true;
+      };
     };
 
     systemd.services.buildbot-master = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/buildbot/worker.nix b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/buildbot/worker.nix
index 49e04ca3622..7613692f0a3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/buildbot/worker.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/buildbot/worker.nix
@@ -137,18 +137,19 @@ in {
     services.buildbot-worker.workerPassFile = mkDefault (pkgs.writeText "buildbot-worker-password" cfg.workerPass);
 
     users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "bbworker") {
-      name = "bbworker";
+      bbworker = { };
     };
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "bbworker") {
-      name = "bbworker";
-      description = "Buildbot Worker User.";
-      isNormalUser = true;
-      createHome = true;
-      home = cfg.home;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
-      useDefaultShell = true;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "bbworker") {
+      bbworker = {
+        description = "Buildbot Worker User.";
+        isNormalUser = true;
+        createHome = true;
+        home = cfg.home;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
+        useDefaultShell = true;
+      };
     };
 
     systemd.services.buildbot-worker = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gocd-agent/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gocd-agent/default.nix
index 8126f27c2b0..2e9e1c94857 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gocd-agent/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gocd-agent/default.nix
@@ -135,20 +135,20 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "gocd-agent") {
-      name = "gocd-agent";
-      gid = config.ids.gids.gocd-agent;
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "gocd-agent") {
+      gocd-agent.gid = config.ids.gids.gocd-agent;
     };
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "gocd-agent") {
-      name = "gocd-agent";
-      description = "gocd-agent user";
-      createHome = true;
-      home = cfg.workDir;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
-      useDefaultShell = true;
-      uid = config.ids.uids.gocd-agent;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "gocd-agent") {
+      gocd-agent = {
+        description = "gocd-agent user";
+        createHome = true;
+        home = cfg.workDir;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
+        useDefaultShell = true;
+        uid = config.ids.uids.gocd-agent;
+      };
     };
 
     systemd.services.gocd-agent = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gocd-server/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gocd-server/default.nix
index 8f177da129e..4fa41ac49ed 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gocd-server/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/gocd-server/default.nix
@@ -143,20 +143,20 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "gocd-server") {
-      name = "gocd-server";
-      gid = config.ids.gids.gocd-server;
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "gocd-server") {
+      gocd-server.gid = config.ids.gids.gocd-server;
     };
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "gocd-server") {
-      name = "gocd-server";
-      description = "gocd-server user";
-      createHome = true;
-      home = cfg.workDir;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
-      useDefaultShell = true;
-      uid = config.ids.uids.gocd-server;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "gocd-server") {
+      gocd-server = {
+        description = "gocd-server user";
+        createHome = true;
+        home = cfg.workDir;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
+        useDefaultShell = true;
+        uid = config.ids.uids.gocd-server;
+      };
     };
 
     systemd.services.gocd-server = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix
index 0ec90671388..1477c471f8a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/default.nix
@@ -150,20 +150,20 @@ in {
       pkgs.dejavu_fonts
     ];
 
-    users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "jenkins") {
-      name = "jenkins";
-      gid = config.ids.gids.jenkins;
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "jenkins") {
+      jenkins.gid = config.ids.gids.jenkins;
     };
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "jenkins") {
-      name = "jenkins";
-      description = "jenkins user";
-      createHome = true;
-      home = cfg.home;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
-      useDefaultShell = true;
-      uid = config.ids.uids.jenkins;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "jenkins") {
+      jenkins = {
+        description = "jenkins user";
+        createHome = true;
+        home = cfg.home;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
+        useDefaultShell = true;
+        uid = config.ids.uids.jenkins;
+      };
     };
 
     systemd.services.jenkins = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/slave.nix b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/slave.nix
index 92deabc3dd3..26368cb94e4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/slave.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/continuous-integration/jenkins/slave.nix
@@ -51,18 +51,18 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf (cfg.enable && !masterCfg.enable) {
     users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "jenkins") {
-      name = "jenkins";
-      gid = config.ids.gids.jenkins;
+      jenkins.gid = config.ids.gids.jenkins;
     };
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "jenkins") {
-      name = "jenkins";
-      description = "jenkins user";
-      createHome = true;
-      home = cfg.home;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      useDefaultShell = true;
-      uid = config.ids.uids.jenkins;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "jenkins") {
+      jenkins = {
+        description = "jenkins user";
+        createHome = true;
+        home = cfg.home;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        useDefaultShell = true;
+        uid = config.ids.uids.jenkins;
+      };
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/cockroachdb.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/cockroachdb.nix
index 268fdcc819f..b6f94a4881a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/cockroachdb.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/cockroachdb.nix
@@ -171,17 +171,17 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ crdb ];
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "cockroachdb") (singleton
-      { name        = "cockroachdb";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "cockroachdb") {
+      cockroachdb = {
         description = "CockroachDB Server User";
         uid         = config.ids.uids.cockroachdb;
         group       = cfg.group;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "cockroachdb") (singleton
-      { name = "cockroachdb";
-        gid  = config.ids.gids.cockroachdb;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "cockroachdb") {
+      cockroachdb.gid = config.ids.gids.cockroachdb;
+    };
 
     networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = lib.optionals cfg.openPorts
       [ cfg.http.port cfg.listen.port ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/foundationdb.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/foundationdb.nix
index 8f8d0da7c8d..18727acc7c7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/foundationdb.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/foundationdb.nix
@@ -341,17 +341,17 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkg ];
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "foundationdb") (singleton
-      { name        = "foundationdb";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "foundationdb") {
+      foundationdb = {
         description = "FoundationDB User";
         uid         = config.ids.uids.foundationdb;
         group       = cfg.group;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "foundationdb") (singleton
-      { name = "foundationdb";
-        gid  = config.ids.gids.foundationdb;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "foundationdb") {
+      foundationdb.gid = config.ids.gids.foundationdb;
+    };
 
     networking.firewall.allowedTCPPortRanges = mkIf cfg.openFirewall
       [ { from = cfg.listenPortStart;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix
index 2f176a03872..dd5d69b1147 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/influxdb.nix
@@ -182,15 +182,15 @@ in
         '';
     };
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "influxdb") {
-      name = "influxdb";
-      uid = config.ids.uids.influxdb;
-      description = "Influxdb daemon user";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "influxdb") {
+      influxdb = {
+        uid = config.ids.uids.influxdb;
+        description = "Influxdb daemon user";
+      };
     };
 
-    users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "influxdb") {
-      name = "influxdb";
-      gid = config.ids.gids.influxdb;
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "influxdb") {
+      influxdb.gid = config.ids.gids.influxdb;
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/memcached.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/memcached.nix
index d1dfdb41bf4..89ff957babf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/memcached.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/memcached.nix
@@ -64,10 +64,9 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf config.services.memcached.enable {
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "memcached") {
-      name = "memcached";
-      description = "Memcached server user";
-      isSystemUser = true;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "memcached") {
+      memcached.description = "Memcached server user";
+      memcached.isSystemUser = true;
     };
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ memcached ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/neo4j.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/neo4j.nix
index 29a83300ec1..09b453e7584 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/neo4j.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/neo4j.nix
@@ -650,8 +650,7 @@ in {
 
       environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
 
-      users.users = singleton {
-        name = "neo4j";
+      users.users.neo4j = {
         uid = config.ids.uids.neo4j;
         description = "Neo4j daemon user";
         home = cfg.directories.home;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/databases/virtuoso.nix b/nixos/modules/services/databases/virtuoso.nix
index 6ffc44a5274..0cc027cb1d7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/databases/virtuoso.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/databases/virtuoso.nix
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ with lib;
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = virtuosoUser;
-        uid = config.ids.uids.virtuoso;
+    users.users.${virtuosoUser} =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.virtuoso;
         description = "virtuoso user";
         home = stateDir;
       };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/editors/infinoted.nix b/nixos/modules/services/editors/infinoted.nix
index be366761694..8b997ccbf66 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/editors/infinoted.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/editors/infinoted.nix
@@ -111,14 +111,15 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf (cfg.enable) {
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "infinoted")
-      { name = "infinoted";
-        description = "Infinoted user";
-        group = cfg.group;
-        isSystemUser = true;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "infinoted")
+      { infinoted = {
+          description = "Infinoted user";
+          group = cfg.group;
+          isSystemUser = true;
+        };
       };
-    users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "infinoted")
-      { name = "infinoted";
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "infinoted")
+      { infinoted = { };
       };
 
     systemd.services.infinoted =
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/bluetooth.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/bluetooth.nix
index 11d67418a31..dfa39e7f602 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/bluetooth.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/bluetooth.nix
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ in {
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ bluez-bluetooth ];
 
-    environment.etc = singleton {
-      source = pkgs.writeText "main.conf" (generators.toINI { } cfg.config + optionalString (cfg.extraConfig != null) cfg.extraConfig);
-      target = "bluetooth/main.conf";
+    environment.etc."bluetooth/main.conf"= {
+      source = pkgs.writeText "main.conf"
+        (generators.toINI { } cfg.config + optionalString (cfg.extraConfig != null) cfg.extraConfig);
     };
 
     services.udev.packages = [ bluez-bluetooth ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane_extra_backends/brscan4.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane_extra_backends/brscan4.nix
index f6ed4e25e9c..6f49a1ab6d4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane_extra_backends/brscan4.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/sane_extra_backends/brscan4.nix
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ in
 {
   options = {
 
-    hardware.sane.brscan4.enable = 
+    hardware.sane.brscan4.enable =
       mkEnableOption "Brother's brscan4 scan backend" // {
       description = ''
         When enabled, will automatically register the "brscan4" sane
-        backend and bring configuration files to their expected location. 
+        backend and bring configuration files to their expected location.
       '';
     };
 
@@ -95,14 +95,11 @@ in
       pkgs.brscan4
     ];
 
-    environment.etc = singleton {
-      target = "opt/brother/scanner/brscan4";
-      source = "${etcFiles}/etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4";
-    };
+    environment.etc."opt/brother/scanner/brscan4" =
+      { source = "${etcFiles}/etc/opt/brother/scanner/brscan4"; };
 
     assertions = [
       { assertion = all (x: !(null != x.ip && null != x.nodename)) netDeviceList;
-          
         message = ''
           When describing a network device as part of the attribute list
           `hardware.sane.brscan4.netDevices`, only one of its `ip` or `nodename`
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tcsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tcsd.nix
index 3876280ee6b..68cb5d791aa 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tcsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tcsd.nix
@@ -137,15 +137,15 @@ in
       serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.trousers}/sbin/tcsd -f -c ${tcsdConf}";
     };
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "tss") (singleton
-      { name = "tss";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "tss") {
+      tss = {
         group = "tss";
         uid = config.ids.uids.tss;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "tss") (singleton
-      { name = "tss";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.tss;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "tss") {
+      tss.gid = config.ids.gids.tss;
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tlp.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tlp.nix
index adc1881a525..955a6067799 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tlp.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/tlp.nix
@@ -103,13 +103,14 @@ in
 
     services.udev.packages = [ tlp ];
 
-    environment.etc = [{ source = confFile;
-                         target = "default/tlp";
-                       }
-                      ] ++ optional enableRDW {
-                        source = "${tlp}/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99tlp-rdw-nm";
-                        target = "NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99tlp-rdw-nm";
-                      };
+    environment.etc =
+      {
+        "default/tlp".source = confFile;
+      } // optionalAttrs enableRDW {
+        "NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99tlp-rdw-nm" = {
+          source = "${tlp}/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99tlp-rdw-nm";
+        };
+      };
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ tlp ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix
index 50997bb9bb1..168056a475e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/udev.nix
@@ -281,13 +281,10 @@ in
     boot.kernelParams = mkIf (!config.networking.usePredictableInterfaceNames) [ "net.ifnames=0" ];
 
     environment.etc =
-      [ { source = udevRules;
-          target = "udev/rules.d";
-        }
-        { source = hwdbBin;
-          target = "udev/hwdb.bin";
-        }
-      ];
+      {
+        "udev/rules.d".source = udevRules;
+        "udev/hwdb.bin".source = hwdbBin;
+      };
 
     system.requiredKernelConfig = with config.lib.kernelConfig; [
       (isEnabled "UNIX")
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/usbmuxd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/usbmuxd.nix
index 39bbcaf4627..50b931dcb48 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/hardware/usbmuxd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/hardware/usbmuxd.nix
@@ -43,15 +43,16 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == defaultUserGroup) {
-      name = cfg.user;
-      description = "usbmuxd user";
-      group = cfg.group;
-      isSystemUser = true;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == defaultUserGroup) {
+      ${cfg.user} = {
+        description = "usbmuxd user";
+        group = cfg.group;
+        isSystemUser = true;
+      };
     };
 
     users.groups = optional (cfg.group == defaultUserGroup) {
-      name = cfg.group;
+      ${cfg.group} = { };
     };
 
     # Give usbmuxd permission for Apple devices
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix b/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix
index 6d8be5b926d..4296b2270c2 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix
@@ -213,13 +213,14 @@ in
         mapAttrsToList writeIgnoreRule cfg.ignore
         ++ mapAttrsToList writeIgnoreCronRule cfg.ignoreCron;
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "logcheck") (singleton
-      { name = "logcheck";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "logcheck") {
+      logcheck = {
         uid = config.ids.uids.logcheck;
         shell = "/bin/sh";
         description = "Logcheck user account";
         extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
     system.activationScripts.logcheck = ''
       mkdir -m 700 -p /var/{lib,lock}/logcheck
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix
index 2cda8c49f5e..0be60d8ff76 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/dovecot.nix
@@ -310,36 +310,32 @@ in
      ++ optional cfg.enablePop3 "pop3"
      ++ optional cfg.enableLmtp "lmtp";
 
-    users.users = [
-      { name = "dovenull";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.dovenull2;
-        description = "Dovecot user for untrusted logins";
-        group = "dovenull";
-      }
-    ] ++ optional (cfg.user == "dovecot2")
-         { name = "dovecot2";
-           uid = config.ids.uids.dovecot2;
+    users.users = {
+      dovenull =
+        { uid = config.ids.uids.dovenull2;
+          description = "Dovecot user for untrusted logins";
+          group = "dovenull";
+        };
+    } // optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "dovecot2") {
+      dovecot2 =
+         { uid = config.ids.uids.dovecot2;
            description = "Dovecot user";
            group = cfg.group;
-         }
-      ++ optional (cfg.createMailUser && cfg.mailUser != null)
-         ({ name = cfg.mailUser;
-            description = "Virtual Mail User";
-         } // optionalAttrs (cfg.mailGroup != null) {
-           group = cfg.mailGroup;
-         });
-
-    users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "dovecot2")
-      { name = "dovecot2";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.dovecot2;
-      }
-    ++ optional (cfg.createMailUser && cfg.mailGroup != null)
-      { name = cfg.mailGroup;
-      }
-    ++ singleton
-      { name = "dovenull";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.dovenull2;
-      };
+         };
+    } // optionalAttrs (cfg.createMailUser && cfg.mailUser != null) {
+      ${cfg.mailUser} =
+        { description = "Virtual Mail User"; } //
+        optionalAttrs (cfg.mailGroup != null)
+          { group = cfg.mailGroup; };
+    };
+
+    users.groups = {
+      dovenull.gid = config.ids.gids.dovenull2;
+    } // optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "dovecot2") {
+      dovecot2.gid = config.ids.gids.dovecot2;
+    } // optionalAttrs (cfg.createMailUser && cfg.mailGroup != null) {
+      ${cfg.mailgroup} = { };
+    };
 
     environment.etc."dovecot/modules".source = modulesDir;
     environment.etc."dovecot/dovecot.conf".source = cfg.configFile;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/dspam.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/dspam.nix
index 72b8c4c08b9..766ebc8095a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/dspam.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/dspam.nix
@@ -86,16 +86,16 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable (mkMerge [
     {
-      users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "dspam") (singleton
-        { name = "dspam";
+      users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "dspam") {
+        dspam = {
           group = cfg.group;
           uid = config.ids.uids.dspam;
-        });
+        };
+      };
 
-      users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "dspam") (singleton
-        { name = "dspam";
-          gid = config.ids.gids.dspam;
-        });
+      users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "dspam") {
+        dspam.gid = config.ids.gids.dspam;
+      };
 
       environment.systemPackages = [ dspam ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/exim.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/exim.nix
index 47812dd1e40..892fbd33214 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/exim.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/exim.nix
@@ -87,15 +87,13 @@ in
       systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
     };
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = cfg.user;
+    users.users.${cfg.user} = {
       description = "Exim mail transfer agent user";
       uid = config.ids.uids.exim;
       group = cfg.group;
     };
 
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = cfg.group;
+    users.groups.${cfg.group} = {
       gid = config.ids.gids.exim;
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/mlmmj.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/mlmmj.nix
index 7ae00f3e501..d58d93c4214 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/mlmmj.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/mlmmj.nix
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = cfg.user;
+    users.users.${cfg.user} = {
       description = "mlmmj user";
       home = stateDir;
       createHome = true;
@@ -104,8 +103,7 @@ in
       useDefaultShell = true;
     };
 
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = cfg.group;
+    users.groups.${cfg.group} = {
       gid = config.ids.gids.mlmmj;
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/nullmailer.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/nullmailer.nix
index 2c2910e0aa9..fe3f8ef9b39 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/nullmailer.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/nullmailer.nix
@@ -201,15 +201,12 @@ with lib;
     };
 
     users = {
-      users = singleton {
-        name = cfg.user;
+      users.${cfg.user} = {
         description = "Nullmailer relay-only mta user";
         group = cfg.group;
       };
 
-      groups = singleton {
-        name = cfg.group;
-      };
+      groups.${cfg.group} = { };
     };
 
     systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/opendkim.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/opendkim.nix
index 6431531d5eb..f9a0c06c287 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/opendkim.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/opendkim.nix
@@ -91,16 +91,16 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "opendkim") (singleton
-      { name = "opendkim";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "opendkim") {
+      opendkim = {
         group = cfg.group;
         uid = config.ids.uids.opendkim;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "opendkim") (singleton
-      { name = "opendkim";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.opendkim;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "opendkim") {
+      opendkimgid = config.ids.gids.opendkim;
+    };
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.opendkim ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/postfix.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/postfix.nix
index df438a0c69d..654d0cfed70 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/postfix.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/postfix.nix
@@ -655,21 +655,20 @@ in
         setgid = true;
       };
 
-      users.users = optional (user == "postfix")
-        { name = "postfix";
-          description = "Postfix mail server user";
-          uid = config.ids.uids.postfix;
-          group = group;
+      users.users = optionalAttrs (user == "postfix")
+        { postfix = {
+            description = "Postfix mail server user";
+            uid = config.ids.uids.postfix;
+            group = group;
+          };
         };
 
       users.groups =
-        optional (group == "postfix")
-        { name = group;
-          gid = config.ids.gids.postfix;
+        optionalAttrs (group == "postfix")
+        { group.gid = config.ids.gids.postfix;
         }
-        ++ optional (setgidGroup == "postdrop")
-        { name = setgidGroup;
-          gid = config.ids.gids.postdrop;
+        ++ optionalAttrs (setgidGroup == "postdrop")
+        { ${setgidGroup}.gid = config.ids.gids.postdrop;
         };
 
       systemd.services.postfix =
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/postsrsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/postsrsd.nix
index 8f12a16906c..2ebc675ab10 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/postsrsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/postsrsd.nix
@@ -90,16 +90,16 @@ in {
 
     services.postsrsd.domain = mkDefault config.networking.hostName;
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "postsrsd") (singleton
-      { name = "postsrsd";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "postsrsd") {
+      postsrsd = {
         group = cfg.group;
         uid = config.ids.uids.postsrsd;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "postsrsd") (singleton
-      { name = "postsrsd";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.postsrsd;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "postsrsd") {
+      postsrsd.gid = config.ids.gids.postsrsd;
+    };
 
     systemd.services.postsrsd = {
       description = "PostSRSd SRS rewriting server";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/rspamd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/rspamd.nix
index f156595e6f8..aacdbe2aeed 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/rspamd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/rspamd.nix
@@ -374,15 +374,13 @@ in
     # Allow users to run 'rspamc' and 'rspamadm'.
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.rspamd ];
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = cfg.user;
+    users.users.${cfg.user} = {
       description = "rspamd daemon";
       uid = config.ids.uids.rspamd;
       group = cfg.group;
     };
 
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = cfg.group;
+    users.groups.${cfg.group} = {
       gid = config.ids.gids.rspamd;
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/mail/spamassassin.nix b/nixos/modules/services/mail/spamassassin.nix
index 1fe77ce5a0c..107280f7c14 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/mail/spamassassin.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/mail/spamassassin.nix
@@ -128,15 +128,13 @@ in
       systemPackages = [ pkgs.spamassassin ];
     };
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "spamd";
+    users.users.spamd = {
       description = "Spam Assassin Daemon";
       uid = config.ids.uids.spamd;
       group = "spamd";
     };
 
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = "spamd";
+    users.groups.spamd = {
       gid = config.ids.gids.spamd;
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/apache-kafka.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/apache-kafka.nix
index 46308f74dc9..f3a650a260f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/apache-kafka.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/apache-kafka.nix
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ in {
 
     environment.systemPackages = [cfg.package];
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "apache-kafka";
+    users.users.apache-kafka = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.apache-kafka;
       description = "Apache Kafka daemon user";
       home = head cfg.logDirs;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/bepasty.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/bepasty.nix
index 87d36068144..f69832e5b2b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/bepasty.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/bepasty.nix
@@ -168,16 +168,12 @@ in
         })
     ) cfg.servers;
 
-    users.users = [{
-      uid = config.ids.uids.bepasty;
-      name = user;
-      group = group;
-      home = default_home;
-    }];
-
-    users.groups = [{
-      name = group;
-      gid = config.ids.gids.bepasty;
-    }];
+    users.users.${user} =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.bepasty;
+        group = group;
+        home = default_home;
+      };
+
+    users.groups.${group}.gid = config.ids.gids.bepasty;
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/cgminer.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/cgminer.nix
index b1cf5a7d110..9fcae645269 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/cgminer.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/cgminer.nix
@@ -110,11 +110,12 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf config.services.cgminer.enable {
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "cgminer") (singleton
-      { name = "cgminer";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "cgminer") {
+      cgminer = {
         uid = config.ids.uids.cgminer;
         description = "Cgminer user";
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/couchpotato.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/couchpotato.nix
index 528af486b41..f5163cf86cf 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/couchpotato.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/couchpotato.nix
@@ -29,17 +29,14 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "couchpotato";
-        group = "couchpotato";
+    users.users.couchpotato =
+      { group = "couchpotato";
         home = "/var/lib/couchpotato/";
         description = "CouchPotato daemon user";
         uid = config.ids.uids.couchpotato;
       };
 
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = "couchpotato";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.couchpotato;
-      };
+    users.groups.couchpotato =
+      { gid = config.ids.gids.couchpotato; };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/dictd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/dictd.nix
index 8d3e294622d..d175854d2d1 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/dictd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/dictd.nix
@@ -45,18 +45,14 @@ in
     # get the command line client on system path to make some use of the service
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.dict ];
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "dictd";
-        group = "dictd";
+    users.users.dictd =
+      { group = "dictd";
         description = "DICT.org dictd server";
         home = "${dictdb}/share/dictd";
         uid = config.ids.uids.dictd;
       };
 
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = "dictd";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.dictd;
-      };
+    users.groups.dictd.gid = config.ids.gids.dictd;
 
     systemd.services.dictd = {
       description = "DICT.org Dictionary Server";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/etcd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/etcd.nix
index e4d5322f9b5..7322e1c080b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/etcd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/etcd.nix
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ in {
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.etcdctl ];
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "etcd";
+    users.users.etcd = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.etcd;
       description = "Etcd daemon user";
       home = cfg.dataDir;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/exhibitor.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/exhibitor.nix
index 74f4f671f46..f8c79f892da 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/exhibitor.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/exhibitor.nix
@@ -410,8 +410,7 @@ in
         sed -i 's/'"$replace_what"'/'"$replace_with"'/g' ${cfg.baseDir}/zookeeper/bin/zk*.sh
       '';
     };
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "zookeeper";
+    users.users.zookeeper = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.zookeeper;
       description = "Zookeeper daemon user";
       home = cfg.baseDir;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/felix.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/felix.nix
index 1c5ece86825..188e45abc58 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/felix.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/felix.nix
@@ -47,14 +47,10 @@ in
   ###### implementation
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = "osgi";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.osgi;
-      };
+    users.groups.osgi.gid = config.ids.gids.osgi;
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "osgi";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.osgi;
+    users.users.osgi =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.osgi;
         description = "OSGi user";
         home = "/homeless-shelter";
       };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/folding-at-home.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/folding-at-home.nix
index 122c89ce068..fd2ea3948f6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/folding-at-home.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/folding-at-home.nix
@@ -42,9 +42,8 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = fahUser;
-        uid = config.ids.uids.foldingathome;
+    users.users.${fahUser} =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.foldingathome;
         description = "Folding@Home user";
         home = stateDir;
       };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitlab.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitlab.nix
index 61d0ce0aef8..aa958985379 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitlab.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gitlab.nix
@@ -633,20 +633,14 @@ in {
     # Use postfix to send out mails.
     services.postfix.enable = mkDefault true;
 
-    users.users = [
-      { name = cfg.user;
-        group = cfg.group;
+    users.users.${cfg.user} =
+      { group = cfg.group;
         home = "${cfg.statePath}/home";
         shell = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";
         uid = config.ids.uids.gitlab;
-      }
-    ];
+      };
 
-    users.groups = [
-      { name = cfg.group;
-        gid = config.ids.gids.gitlab;
-      }
-    ];
+    users.groups.${cfg.group}.gid = config.ids.gids.gitlab;
 
     systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
       "d /run/gitlab 0755 ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} -"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gpsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gpsd.nix
index 3bfcb636a3c..f954249942a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/gpsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/gpsd.nix
@@ -86,17 +86,13 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "gpsd";
-        inherit uid;
+    users.users.gpsd =
+      { inherit uid;
         description = "gpsd daemon user";
         home = "/var/empty";
       };
 
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = "gpsd";
-        inherit gid;
-      };
+    users.groups.gpsd = { inherit gid; };
 
     systemd.services.gpsd = {
       description = "GPSD daemon";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/headphones.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/headphones.nix
index 4a77045be28..3ee0a4458bd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/headphones.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/headphones.nix
@@ -59,19 +59,19 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == name) (singleton {
-      name = name;
-      uid = config.ids.uids.headphones;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      description = "headphones user";
-      home = cfg.dataDir;
-      createHome = true;
-    });
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == name) {
+      ${name} = {
+        uid = config.ids.uids.headphones;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        description = "headphones user";
+        home = cfg.dataDir;
+        createHome = true;
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == name) (singleton {
-      name = name;
-      gid = config.ids.gids.headphones;
-    });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == name) {
+      ${name}.gid = config.ids.gids.headphones;
+    };
 
     systemd.services.headphones = {
         description = "Headphones Server";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/matrix-synapse.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/matrix-synapse.nix
index 0bda8980720..c0d44e6feb7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/matrix-synapse.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/matrix-synapse.nix
@@ -657,19 +657,18 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.users = [
-      { name = "matrix-synapse";
+    users.users.matrix-synapse =
+      { name = "";
         group = "matrix-synapse";
         home = cfg.dataDir;
         createHome = true;
         shell = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";
         uid = config.ids.uids.matrix-synapse;
-      } ];
+      };
 
-    users.groups = [
-      { name = "matrix-synapse";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.matrix-synapse;
-      } ];
+    users.groups.matrix-synapse = {
+      gid = config.ids.gids.matrix-synapse;
+    };
 
     services.postgresql = mkIf (usePostgresql && cfg.create_local_database) {
       enable = mkDefault true;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/mediatomb.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/mediatomb.nix
index 107fb57fe1c..529f584a201 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/mediatomb.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/mediatomb.nix
@@ -266,19 +266,19 @@ in {
       serviceConfig.User = "${cfg.user}";
     };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "mediatomb") (singleton {
-      name = "mediatomb";
-      gid = gid;
-    });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "mediatomb") {
+      mediatomb.gid = gid;
+    };
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "mediatomb") (singleton {
-      name = "mediatomb";
-      isSystemUser = true;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      home = "${cfg.dataDir}";
-      createHome = true;
-      description = "Mediatomb DLNA Server User";
-    });
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "mediatomb") {
+      mediatomb = {
+        isSystemUser = true;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        home = "${cfg.dataDir}";
+        createHome = true;
+        description = "Mediatomb DLNA Server User";
+      };
+    };
 
     networking.firewall = {
       allowedUDPPorts = [ 1900 cfg.port ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
index 24780446d50..17c3582db0f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/nix-daemon.nix
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ let
 
   isNix23 = versionAtLeast nixVersion "2.3pre";
 
-  makeNixBuildUser = nr:
-    { name = "nixbld${toString nr}";
+  makeNixBuildUser = nr: {
+    name  = "nixbld${toString nr}";
+    value = {
       description = "Nix build user ${toString nr}";
 
       /* For consistency with the setgid(2), setuid(2), and setgroups(2)
@@ -23,8 +24,9 @@ let
       group = "nixbld";
       extraGroups = [ "nixbld" ];
     };
+  };
 
-  nixbldUsers = map makeNixBuildUser (range 1 cfg.nrBuildUsers);
+  nixbldUsers = listToAttrs (map makeNixBuildUser (range 1 cfg.nrBuildUsers));
 
   nixConf =
     assert versionAtLeast nixVersion "2.2";
@@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ in
 
     users.users = nixbldUsers;
 
-    services.xserver.displayManager.hiddenUsers = map ({ name, ... }: name) nixbldUsers;
+    services.xserver.displayManager.hiddenUsers = attrNames nixbldUsers;
 
     system.activationScripts.nix = stringAfter [ "etc" "users" ]
       ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/octoprint.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/octoprint.nix
index 8950010773c..651ed374388 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/octoprint.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/octoprint.nix
@@ -86,16 +86,16 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "octoprint") (singleton
-      { name = "octoprint";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "octoprint") {
+      octoprint = {
         group = cfg.group;
         uid = config.ids.uids.octoprint;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "octoprint") (singleton
-      { name = "octoprint";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.octoprint;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "octoprint") {
+      octoprint.gid = config.ids.gids.octoprint;
+    };
 
     systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
       "d '${cfg.stateDir}' - ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} - -"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/redmine.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/redmine.nix
index 8bd687d0838..3b8c14d196f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/redmine.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/redmine.nix
@@ -367,17 +367,17 @@ in
 
     };
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "redmine") (singleton
-      { name = "redmine";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "redmine") {
+      redmine = {
         group = cfg.group;
         home = cfg.stateDir;
         uid = config.ids.uids.redmine;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "redmine") (singleton
-      { name = "redmine";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.redmine;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "redmine") {
+      redmine.gid = config.ids.gids.redmine;
+    };
 
     warnings = optional (cfg.database.password != "")
       ''config.services.redmine.database.password will be stored as plaintext
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix
index 042b496d35e..9fab462f7e3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/ripple-data-api.nix
@@ -185,9 +185,8 @@ in {
       ];
     };
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "ripple-data-api";
-        description = "Ripple data api user";
+    users.users.ripple-data-api =
+      { description = "Ripple data api user";
         uid = config.ids.uids.ripple-data-api;
       };
   };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix
index cdf61730de3..ef34e3a779f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/rippled.nix
@@ -406,9 +406,8 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "rippled";
-        description = "Ripple server user";
+    users.users.rippled =
+      { description = "Ripple server user";
         uid = config.ids.uids.rippled;
         home = cfg.databasePath;
         createHome = true;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/serviio.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/serviio.nix
index 9868192724b..0ead6a81691 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/serviio.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/serviio.nix
@@ -63,20 +63,15 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = [
-      {
-        name = "serviio";
-        group = "serviio";
+    users.users.serviio =
+      { group = "serviio";
         home = cfg.dataDir;
         description = "Serviio Media Server User";
         createHome = true;
         isSystemUser = true;
-      }
-    ];
+      };
 
-    users.groups = [
-      { name = "serviio";}
-    ];
+    users.groups.serviio = { };
 
     networking.firewall = {
       allowedTCPPorts = [
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/sickbeard.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/sickbeard.nix
index 5cfbbe516ae..a32dbfa3108 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/sickbeard.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/sickbeard.nix
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == name) (singleton {
-      name = name;
-      uid = config.ids.uids.sickbeard;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      description = "sickbeard user";
-      home = cfg.dataDir;
-      createHome = true;
-    });
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == name) {
+      ${name} = {
+        uid = config.ids.uids.sickbeard;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        description = "sickbeard user";
+        home = cfg.dataDir;
+        createHome = true;
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == name) (singleton {
-      name = name;
-      gid = config.ids.gids.sickbeard;
-    });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == name) {
+      ${name}.gid = config.ids.gids.sickbeard;
+    };
 
     systemd.services.sickbeard = {
       description = "Sickbeard Server";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/siproxd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/siproxd.nix
index dcaf73aca44..ae7b27de8e7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/siproxd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/siproxd.nix
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "siproxyd";
+    users.users.siproxyd = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.siproxd;
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/taskserver/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/taskserver/default.nix
index 8a57277fafe..a894caed1a3 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/taskserver/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/taskserver/default.nix
@@ -368,16 +368,16 @@ in {
     (mkIf cfg.enable {
       environment.systemPackages = [ nixos-taskserver ];
 
-      users.users = optional (cfg.user == "taskd") {
-        name = "taskd";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.taskd;
-        description = "Taskserver user";
-        group = cfg.group;
+      users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "taskd") {
+        taskd = {
+          uid = config.ids.uids.taskd;
+          description = "Taskserver user";
+          group = cfg.group;
+        };
       };
 
-      users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "taskd") {
-        name = "taskd";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.taskd;
+      users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "taskd") {
+        taskd.gid = config.ids.gids.taskd;
       };
 
       services.taskserver.config = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/uhub.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/uhub.nix
index 753580c3e40..d1b38831028 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/uhub.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/uhub.nix
@@ -41,31 +41,31 @@ in
       enable = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
         default = false;
-	description = "Whether to enable the uhub ADC hub.";
+        description = "Whether to enable the uhub ADC hub.";
       };
 
       port = mkOption {
         type = types.int;
         default = 1511;
-	description = "TCP port to bind the hub to.";
+        description = "TCP port to bind the hub to.";
       };
 
       address = mkOption {
         type = types.str;
         default = "any";
-	description = "Address to bind the hub to.";
+        description = "Address to bind the hub to.";
       };
 
       enableTLS = mkOption {
         type = types.bool;
         default = false;
-	description = "Whether to enable TLS support.";
+        description = "Whether to enable TLS support.";
       };
 
       hubConfig = mkOption {
         type = types.lines;
         default = "";
-	description = "Contents of uhub configuration file.";
+        description = "Contents of uhub configuration file.";
       };
 
       aclConfig = mkOption {
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ in
       plugins = {
 
         authSqlite = {
-	  enable = mkOption {
+          enable = mkOption {
             type = types.bool;
             default = false;
             description = "Whether to enable the Sqlite authentication database plugin";
-	  };
+          };
           file = mkOption {
             type = types.path;
             example = "/var/db/uhub-users";
@@ -161,14 +161,8 @@ in
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
     users = {
-      users = singleton {
-        name = "uhub";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.uhub;
-      };
-      groups = singleton {
-        name = "uhub";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.uhub;
-      };
+      users.uhub.uid = config.ids.uids.uhub;
+      groups.uhub.gid = config.ids.gids.uhub;
     };
 
     systemd.services.uhub = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/misc/zookeeper.nix b/nixos/modules/services/misc/zookeeper.nix
index 5d91e44a199..f6af7c75eba 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/misc/zookeeper.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/misc/zookeeper.nix
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ in {
       '';
     };
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "zookeeper";
+    users.users.zookeeper = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.zookeeper;
       description = "Zookeeper daemon user";
       home = cfg.dataDir;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/collectd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/collectd.nix
index 731ac743b7c..ef3663c62e0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/collectd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/collectd.nix
@@ -129,9 +129,10 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "collectd") {
-      name = "collectd";
-      isSystemUser = true;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "collectd") {
+      collectd = {
+        isSystemUser = true;
+      };
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix
index 02a9f316fc3..2c5fe47242e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/datadog-agent.nix
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ let
   # Generate Datadog configuration files for each configured checks.
   # This works because check configurations have predictable paths,
   # and because JSON is a valid subset of YAML.
-  makeCheckConfigs = entries: mapAttrsToList (name: conf: {
-    source = pkgs.writeText "${name}-check-conf.yaml" (builtins.toJSON conf);
-    target = "datadog-agent/conf.d/${name}.d/conf.yaml";
+  makeCheckConfigs = entries: mapAttrs' (name: conf: {
+    name = "datadog-agent/conf.d/${name}.d/conf.yaml";
+    value.source = pkgs.writeText "${name}-check-conf.yaml" (builtins.toJSON conf);
   }) entries;
 
   defaultChecks = {
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ let
 
   # Assemble all check configurations and the top-level agent
   # configuration.
-  etcfiles = with pkgs; with builtins; [{
-    source = writeText "datadog.yaml" (toJSON ddConf);
-    target = "datadog-agent/datadog.yaml";
-  }] ++ makeCheckConfigs (cfg.checks // defaultChecks);
+  etcfiles = with pkgs; with builtins;
+  { "datadog-agent/datadog.yaml" = {
+      source = writeText "datadog.yaml" (toJSON ddConf);
+    };
+  } // makeCheckConfigs (cfg.checks // defaultChecks);
 
   # Apply the configured extraIntegrations to the provided agent
   # package. See the documentation of `dd-agent/integrations-core.nix`
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ in {
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = [ datadogPkg pkgs.sysstat pkgs.procps pkgs.iproute ];
 
-    users.extraUsers.datadog = {
+    users.users.datadog = {
       description = "Datadog Agent User";
       uid = config.ids.uids.datadog;
       group = "datadog";
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ in {
       createHome = true;
     };
 
-    users.extraGroups.datadog.gid = config.ids.gids.datadog;
+    users.groups.datadog.gid = config.ids.gids.datadog;
 
     systemd.services = let
       makeService = attrs: recursiveUpdate {
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ in {
           Restart = "always";
           RestartSec = 2;
         };
-        restartTriggers = [ datadogPkg ] ++ map (etc: etc.source) etcfiles;
+        restartTriggers = [ datadogPkg ] ++ attrNames etcfiles;
       } attrs;
     in {
       datadog-agent = makeService {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/dd-agent/dd-agent.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/dd-agent/dd-agent.nix
index 5ee6b092a6a..e91717fb205 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/dd-agent/dd-agent.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/dd-agent/dd-agent.nix
@@ -78,37 +78,35 @@ let
   etcfiles =
     let
       defaultConfd = import ./dd-agent-defaults.nix;
-    in (map (f: { source = "${pkgs.dd-agent}/agent/conf.d-system/${f}";
-                  target = "dd-agent/conf.d/${f}";
-                }) defaultConfd) ++ [
-      { source = ddConf;
-        target = "dd-agent/datadog.conf";
-      }
-      { source = diskConfig;
-        target = "dd-agent/conf.d/disk.yaml";
-      }
-      { source = networkConfig;
-        target = "dd-agent/conf.d/network.yaml";
-      } ] ++
-    (optional (cfg.postgresqlConfig != null)
-      { source = postgresqlConfig;
-        target = "dd-agent/conf.d/postgres.yaml";
-      }) ++
-    (optional (cfg.nginxConfig != null)
-      { source = nginxConfig;
-        target = "dd-agent/conf.d/nginx.yaml";
-      }) ++
-    (optional (cfg.mongoConfig != null)
-      { source = mongoConfig;
-        target = "dd-agent/conf.d/mongo.yaml";
-      }) ++
-    (optional (cfg.processConfig != null)
-      { source = processConfig;
-        target = "dd-agent/conf.d/process.yaml";
-      }) ++
-    (optional (cfg.jmxConfig != null)
-      { source = jmxConfig;
-        target = "dd-agent/conf.d/jmx.yaml";
+    in
+      listToAttrs (map (f: {
+        name = "dd-agent/conf.d/${f}";
+        value.source = "${pkgs.dd-agent}/agent/conf.d-system/${f}";
+      }) defaultConfd) //
+      {
+        "dd-agent/datadog.conf".source = ddConf;
+        "dd-agent/conf.d/disk.yaml".source = diskConfig;
+        "dd-agent/conf.d/network.yaml".source = networkConfig;
+      } //
+      (optionalAttrs (cfg.postgresqlConfig != null)
+      {
+        "dd-agent/conf.d/postgres.yaml".source = postgresqlConfig;
+      }) //
+      (optionalAttrs (cfg.nginxConfig != null)
+      {
+        "dd-agent/conf.d/nginx.yaml".source = nginxConfig;
+      }) //
+      (optionalAttrs (cfg.mongoConfig != null)
+      { 
+        "dd-agent/conf.d/mongo.yaml".source = mongoConfig;
+      }) //
+      (optionalAttrs (cfg.processConfig != null)
+      { 
+        "dd-agent/conf.d/process.yaml".source = processConfig;
+      }) //
+      (optionalAttrs (cfg.jmxConfig != null)
+      {
+        "dd-agent/conf.d/jmx.yaml".source = jmxConfig;
       });
 
 in {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/fusion-inventory.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/fusion-inventory.nix
index fe19ed56195..9b65c76ce02 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/fusion-inventory.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/fusion-inventory.nix
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "fusion-inventory";
+    users.users.fusion-inventory = {
       description = "FusionInventory user";
       isSystemUser = true;
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
index f7874af3df2..dd147bb3793 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/graphite.nix
@@ -632,8 +632,7 @@ in {
       cfg.web.enable || cfg.api.enable ||
       cfg.seyren.enable || cfg.pager.enable || cfg.beacon.enable
      ) {
-      users.users = singleton {
-        name = "graphite";
+      users.users.graphite = {
         uid = config.ids.uids.graphite;
         description = "Graphite daemon user";
         home = dataDir;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/heapster.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/heapster.nix
index 6da0831b4c5..585632943fd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/heapster.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/heapster.nix
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "heapster";
+    users.users.heapsterrs = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.heapster;
       description = "Heapster user";
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/munin.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/munin.nix
index 8af0650c738..1ebf7ee6a76 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/munin.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/munin.nix
@@ -317,18 +317,16 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.munin ];
 
-    users.users = [{
-      name = "munin";
+    users.users.munin = {
       description = "Munin monitoring user";
       group = "munin";
       uid = config.ids.uids.munin;
       home = "/var/lib/munin";
-    }];
+    };
 
-    users.groups = [{
-      name = "munin";
+    users.groups.munin = {
       gid = config.ids.gids.munin;
-    }];
+    };
 
   }) (mkIf nodeCfg.enable {
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/nagios.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/nagios.nix
index 94f378bebc3..3ca79dddaf5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/nagios.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/nagios.nix
@@ -184,11 +184,7 @@ in
 
     # This isn't needed, it's just so that the user can type "nagiostats
     # -c /etc/nagios.cfg".
-    environment.etc = [
-      { source = nagiosCfgFile;
-        target = "nagios.cfg";
-      }
-    ];
+    environment.etc."nagios.cfg".source = nagiosCfgFile;
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.nagios ];
     systemd.services.nagios = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
index 3ffde8e9bce..f8225af2042 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/netdata.nix
@@ -179,13 +179,14 @@ in {
       { domain = "netdata"; type = "hard"; item = "nofile"; value = "30000"; }
     ];
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == defaultUser) {
-      name = defaultUser;
-      isSystemUser = true;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == defaultUser) {
+      ${defaultUser} = {
+        isSystemUser = true;
+      };
     };
 
-    users.groups = optional (cfg.group == defaultUser) {
-      name = defaultUser;
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == defaultUser) {
+      ${defaultUser} = { };
     };
 
   };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix
index ea155821ecc..17836e95a6f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/statsd.nix
@@ -125,8 +125,7 @@ in
       message = "Only builtin backends (graphite, console, repeater) or backends enumerated in `pkgs.nodePackages` are allowed!";
     }) cfg.backends;
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "statsd";
+    users.use.statsdrs = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.statsd;
       description = "Statsd daemon user";
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/telegraf.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/telegraf.nix
index d8786732668..5d131557e8b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/telegraf.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/telegraf.nix
@@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = [{
-      name = "telegraf";
+    users.users.telegraf = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.telegraf;
       description = "telegraf daemon user";
-    }];
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix
index 1bdc4e4410f..a45e806d4ad 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/ups.nix
@@ -214,14 +214,12 @@ in
       environment.NUT_STATEPATH = "/var/lib/nut/";
     };
 
-    environment.etc = [
-      { source = pkgs.writeText "nut.conf"
+    environment.etc = {
+      "nut/nut.conf".source = pkgs.writeText "nut.conf"
         ''
           MODE = ${cfg.mode}
         '';
-        target = "nut/nut.conf";
-      }
-      { source = pkgs.writeText "ups.conf"
+      "nut/ups.conf".source = pkgs.writeText "ups.conf"
         ''
           maxstartdelay = ${toString cfg.maxStartDelay}
 
@@ -229,25 +227,15 @@ in
 
           "}
         '';
-        target = "nut/ups.conf";
-      }
-      { source = cfg.schedulerRules;
-        target = "nut/upssched.conf";
-      }
+      "nut/upssched.conf".source = cfg.schedulerRules;
       # These file are containing private informations and thus should not
       # be stored inside the Nix store.
       /*
-      { source = ;
-        target = "nut/upsd.conf";
-      }
-      { source = ;
-        target = "nut/upsd.users";
-      }
-      { source = ;
-        target = "nut/upsmon.conf;
-      }
+      "nut/upsd.conf".source = "";
+      "nut/upsd.users".source = "";
+      "nut/upsmon.conf".source = "";
       */
-    ];
+    };
 
     power.ups.schedulerRules = mkDefault "${pkgs.nut}/etc/upssched.conf.sample";
 
@@ -259,21 +247,16 @@ in
 
 
 /*
-    users.users = [
-      { name = "nut";
-        uid = 84;
+    users.users.nut =
+      { uid = 84;
         home = "/var/lib/nut";
         createHome = true;
         group = "nut";
         description = "UPnP A/V Media Server user";
-      }
-    ];
-
-    users.groups = [
-      { name = "nut";
-        gid = 84;
-      }
-    ];
+      };
+
+    users.groups."nut" =
+      { gid = 84; };
 */
 
   };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ceph.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ceph.nix
index 543a7b25d5d..d17959a6a30 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ceph.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/ceph.nix
@@ -371,15 +371,14 @@ in
       in
         generators.toINI {} totalConfig;
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "ceph";
+    users.users.ceph = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.ceph;
       description = "Ceph daemon user";
       group = "ceph";
       extraGroups = [ "disk" ];
     };
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = "ceph";
+
+    users.groups.ceph = {
       gid = config.ids.gids.ceph;
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/davfs2.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/davfs2.nix
index 100d458d536..4b6f85e4a2c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/davfs2.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/davfs2.nix
@@ -57,18 +57,19 @@ in
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.davfs2 ];
     environment.etc."davfs2/davfs2.conf".source = cfgFile;
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.davGroup == "davfs2") (singleton {
-      name = "davfs2";
-      gid = config.ids.gids.davfs2;
-    });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.davGroup == "davfs2") {
+      davfs2.gid = config.ids.gids.davfs2;
+    };
+
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.davUser == "davfs2") {
+      davfs2 = {
+        createHome = false;
+        group = cfg.davGroup;
+        uid = config.ids.uids.davfs2;
+        description = "davfs2 user";
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.davUser == "davfs2") (singleton {
-      name = "davfs2";
-      createHome = false;
-      group = cfg.davGroup;
-      uid = config.ids.uids.davfs2;
-      description = "davfs2 user";
-    });
   };
 
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/drbd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/drbd.nix
index 4ab74ed8e1c..916e7eaaaa9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/drbd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/drbd.nix
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ let cfg = config.services.drbd; in
         options drbd usermode_helper=/run/current-system/sw/bin/drbdadm
       '';
 
-    environment.etc = singleton
-      { source = pkgs.writeText "drbd.conf" cfg.config;
-        target = "drbd.conf";
-      };
+    environment.etc.drbd.conf =
+      { source = pkgs.writeText "drbd.conf" cfg.config; };
 
     systemd.services.drbd = {
       after = [ "systemd-udev.settle.service" "network.target" ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix
index d09c6735e12..e3b95afb3d8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bind.nix
@@ -178,9 +178,8 @@ in
 
     networking.resolvconf.useLocalResolver = mkDefault true;
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = bindUser;
-        uid = config.ids.uids.bind;
+    users.users.${bindUser} =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.bind;
         description = "BIND daemon user";
       };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bitlbee.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bitlbee.nix
index 274b3617160..54fe70f7ccc 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/bitlbee.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/bitlbee.nix
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ in
 
   config =  mkMerge [
     (mkIf config.services.bitlbee.enable {
-      users.users = singleton {
-        name = "bitlbee";
+      users.users.bitlbee = {
         uid = bitlbeeUid;
         description = "BitlBee user";
         home = "/var/lib/bitlbee";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/charybdis.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/charybdis.nix
index da26246e703..43829d36e41 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/charybdis.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/charybdis.nix
@@ -71,15 +71,13 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable (lib.mkMerge [
     {
-      users.users = singleton {
-        name = cfg.user;
+      users.users.${cfg.user} = {
         description = "Charybdis IRC daemon user";
         uid = config.ids.uids.ircd;
         group = cfg.group;
       };
 
-      users.groups = singleton {
-        name = cfg.group;
+      users.groups.${cfg.group} = {
         gid = config.ids.gids.ircd;
       };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/coturn.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/coturn.nix
index c430ce5af92..1bfbc307c59 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/coturn.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/coturn.nix
@@ -294,16 +294,14 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.users = [
-      { name = "turnserver";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.turnserver;
+    users.users.turnserver =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.turnserver;
         description = "coturn TURN server user";
-      } ];
-    users.groups = [
-      { name = "turnserver";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.turnserver;
+      };
+    users.groups.turnserver =
+      { gid = config.ids.gids.turnserver;
         members = [ "turnserver" ];
-      } ];
+      };
 
     systemd.services.coturn = {
       description = "coturn TURN server";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
index 7b278603455..6fbc014db71 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dhcpcd.nix
@@ -185,11 +185,7 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ dhcpcd ];
 
-    environment.etc =
-      [ { source = exitHook;
-          target = "dhcpcd.exit-hook";
-        }
-      ];
+    environment.etc."dhcpcd.exit-hook".source = exitHook;
 
     powerManagement.resumeCommands = mkIf config.systemd.services.dhcpcd.enable
       ''
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnschain.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnschain.nix
index 2586f2d74e9..003609ea705 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnschain.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnschain.nix
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = username;
+    users.users.${username} = {
       description = "DNSChain daemon user";
       home = dataDir;
       createHome = true;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnsmasq.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnsmasq.nix
index 714a5903bff..377d7bc5705 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnsmasq.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/dnsmasq.nix
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ in
 
     services.dbus.packages = [ dnsmasq ];
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "dnsmasq";
+    users.users.dnsmasq = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.dnsmasq;
       description = "Dnsmasq daemon user";
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ejabberd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ejabberd.nix
index 6a38f85c48a..a5af25b983b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ejabberd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ejabberd.nix
@@ -94,18 +94,18 @@ in {
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "ejabberd") (singleton
-      { name = "ejabberd";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "ejabberd") {
+      ejabberd = {
         group = cfg.group;
         home = cfg.spoolDir;
         createHome = true;
         uid = config.ids.uids.ejabberd;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "ejabberd") (singleton
-      { name = "ejabberd";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.ejabberd;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "ejabberd") {
+      ejabberd.gid = config.ids.gids.ejabberd;
+    };
 
     systemd.services.ejabberd = {
       description = "ejabberd server";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/gale.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/gale.nix
index 7083d87c407..cb954fd836b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/gale.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/gale.nix
@@ -104,14 +104,13 @@ in
          systemPackages = [ pkgs.gale ];
        };
 
-       users.users = [{
-         name = cfg.user;
+       users.users.${cfg.user} = {
          description = "Gale daemon";
          uid = config.ids.uids.gale;
          group = cfg.group;
          home = home;
          createHome = true;
-       }];
+       };
 
        users.groups = [{
          name = cfg.group;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/git-daemon.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/git-daemon.nix
index a638a3083fb..6f2e149433f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/git-daemon.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/git-daemon.nix
@@ -104,16 +104,16 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = if cfg.user != "git" then {} else singleton
-      { name = "git";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user != "git") {
+      git = {
         uid = config.ids.uids.git;
         description = "Git daemon user";
       };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = if cfg.group != "git" then {} else singleton
-      { name = "git";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.git;
-      };
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group != "git") {
+      git.gid = config.ids.gids.git;
+    };
 
     systemd.services.git-daemon = {
       after = [ "network.target" ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/hans.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/hans.nix
index 4f60300f5ff..8334dc68d62 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/hans.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/hans.nix
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = hansUser;
+    users.users.${hansUser} = {
       description = "Hans daemon user";
       isSystemUser = true;
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/i2pd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/i2pd.nix
index e2c2275b551..326d34f6ca9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/i2pd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/i2pd.nix
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ let
       (sec "addressbook")
       (strOpt "defaulturl" cfg.addressbook.defaulturl)
     ] ++ (optionalEmptyList "subscriptions" cfg.addressbook.subscriptions)
-      ++ (flip map
-      (collect (proto: proto ? port && proto ? address && proto ? name) cfg.proto)
+      ++ (flip mapAttrs
+      (collect (name: proto: proto ? port && proto ? address && proto ? name) cfg.proto)
       (proto: let protoOpts = [
-        (sec proto.name)
+        (sec name)
         (boolOpt "enabled" proto.enable)
         (strOpt "address" proto.address)
         (intOpt "port" proto.port)
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ let
 
   tunnelConf = let opts = [
     notice
-    (flip map
-      (collect (tun: tun ? port && tun ? destination) cfg.outTunnels)
+    (flip mapAttrs
+      (collect (name: tun: tun ? port && tun ? destination) cfg.outTunnels)
       (tun: let outTunOpts = [
-        (sec tun.name)
+        (sec name)
         "type = client"
         (intOpt "port" tun.port)
         (strOpt "destination" tun.destination)
@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@ let
         ++ (if tun ? crypto.tagsToSend then
             optionalNullInt "crypto.tagstosend" tun.crypto.tagsToSend else []);
         in concatStringsSep "\n" outTunOpts))
-    (flip map
-      (collect (tun: tun ? port && tun ? address) cfg.inTunnels)
+    (flip mapAttrs
+      (collect (name: tun: tun ? port && tun ? address) cfg.inTunnels)
       (tun: let inTunOpts = [
-        (sec tun.name)
+        (sec name)
         "type = server"
         (intOpt "port" tun.port)
         (strOpt "host" tun.address)
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/iodine.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/iodine.nix
index 97b5843bbcf..f9ca26c2796 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/iodine.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/iodine.nix
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = iodinedUser;
+    users.users.${iodinedUser} = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.iodined;
       description = "Iodine daemon user";
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ircd-hybrid/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ircd-hybrid/default.nix
index f5abe61a1ba..b236552eb65 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ircd-hybrid/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ircd-hybrid/default.nix
@@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf config.services.ircdHybrid.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "ircd";
-        description = "IRCD owner";
+    users.users.ircd =
+      { description = "IRCD owner";
         group = "ircd";
         uid = config.ids.uids.ircd;
       };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/kippo.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/kippo.nix
index bdea6a1d1ca..553415a2f32 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/kippo.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/kippo.nix
@@ -73,12 +73,11 @@ in
         ${cfg.extraConfig}
     '';
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "kippo";
+    users.users.kippo = {
       description = "kippo web server privilege separation user";
       uid = 108; # why does config.ids.uids.kippo give an error?
     };
-    users.groups = singleton { name = "kippo";gid=108; };
+    users.groups.kippo.gid = 108;
 
     systemd.services.kippo = with pkgs; {
       description = "Kippo Web Server";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/kresd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/kresd.nix
index 574074944d5..5eb50a13ca9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/kresd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/kresd.nix
@@ -74,16 +74,12 @@ in
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.etc."kresd.conf".source = configFile; # not required
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "kresd";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.kresd;
+    users.users.kresd =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.kresd;
         group = "kresd";
         description = "Knot-resolver daemon user";
       };
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = "kresd";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.kresd;
-      };
+    users.groups.kresd.gid = config.ids.gids.kresd;
 
     systemd.sockets.kresd = rec {
       wantedBy = [ "sockets.target" ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/matterbridge.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/matterbridge.nix
index 682eaa6eb29..bad35133459 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/matterbridge.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/matterbridge.nix
@@ -92,14 +92,15 @@ in
     warnings = optional options.services.matterbridge.configFile.isDefined
       "The option services.matterbridge.configFile is insecure and should be replaced with services.matterbridge.configPath";
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "matterbridge")
-      { name = "matterbridge";
-        group = "matterbridge";
-        isSystemUser = true;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "matterbridge")
+      { matterbridge = {
+          group = "matterbridge";
+          isSystemUser = true;
+        };
       };
 
-    users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "matterbridge")
-      { name = "matterbridge";
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "matterbridge")
+      { matterbridge = { };
       };
 
     systemd.services.matterbridge = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/mjpg-streamer.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/mjpg-streamer.nix
index e0a6c112e3c..dbc35e2e71c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/mjpg-streamer.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/mjpg-streamer.nix
@@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ in {
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "mjpg-streamer") {
-      name = "mjpg-streamer";
-      uid = config.ids.uids.mjpg-streamer;
-      group = cfg.group;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "mjpg-streamer") {
+      mjpg-streamer = {
+        uid = config.ids.uids.mjpg-streamer;
+        group = cfg.group;
+      };
     };
 
     systemd.services.mjpg-streamer = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/monero.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/monero.nix
index 98a3456f639..b9536430868 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/monero.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/monero.nix
@@ -197,17 +197,15 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "monero";
+    users.users.monero = {
       uid  = config.ids.uids.monero;
       description = "Monero daemon user";
       home = dataDir;
       createHome = true;
     };
 
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = "monero";
-      gid  = config.ids.gids.monero;
+    users.groups.monero = {
+      gid = config.ids.gids.monero;
     };
 
     systemd.services.monero = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/mxisd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/mxisd.nix
index a3d61922e57..b59371d241e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/mxisd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/mxisd.nix
@@ -93,23 +93,20 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.users = [
+    users.users.mxisd =
       {
-        name = "mxisd";
         group = "mxisd";
         home = cfg.dataDir;
         createHome = true;
         shell = "${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash";
         uid = config.ids.uids.mxisd;
-      }
-    ];
+      };
 
-    users.groups = [
+    users.groups.mxisd =
       {
-        name = "mxisd";
+        name = "";
         gid = config.ids.gids.mxisd;
-      }
-    ];
+      };
 
     systemd.services.mxisd = {
       description = "a federated identity server for the matrix ecosystem";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/namecoind.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/namecoind.nix
index 43a9a0b2598..ead7f085943 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/namecoind.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/namecoind.nix
@@ -154,16 +154,14 @@ in
       config = ${configFile}
     '';
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "namecoin";
+    users.users.namecoin = {
       uid  = config.ids.uids.namecoin;
       description = "Namecoin daemon user";
       home = dataDir;
       createHome = true;
     };
 
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = "namecoin";
+    users.groups.namecoin = {
       gid  = config.ids.gids.namecoin;
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
index a949e0e0ec3..e817f295a44 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/networkmanager.nix
@@ -362,62 +362,59 @@ in {
       }
     ];
 
-    environment.etc = with pkgs; [
-      { source = configFile;
-        target = "NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf";
-      }
-      { source = "${networkmanager-openvpn}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openvpn-service.name";
-        target = "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openvpn-service.name";
-      }
-      { source = "${networkmanager-vpnc}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-vpnc-service.name";
-        target = "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-vpnc-service.name";
-      }
-      { source = "${networkmanager-openconnect}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openconnect-service.name";
-        target = "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openconnect-service.name";
-      }
-      { source = "${networkmanager-fortisslvpn}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-fortisslvpn-service.name";
-        target = "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-fortisslvpn-service.name";
-      }
-      { source = "${networkmanager-l2tp}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-l2tp-service.name";
-        target = "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-l2tp-service.name";
-      }
-      { source = "${networkmanager-iodine}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-iodine-service.name";
-        target = "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-iodine-service.name";
+    environment.etc = with pkgs; {
+      "NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf".source = configFile;
+
+      "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openvpn-service.name".source =
+        "${networkmanager-openvpn}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openvpn-service.name";
+
+      "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-vpnc-service.name".source =
+        "${networkmanager-vpnc}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-vpnc-service.name";
+
+      "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openconnect-service.name".source =
+        "${networkmanager-openconnect}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openconnect-service.name";
+
+      "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-fortisslvpn-service.name".source =
+        "${networkmanager-fortisslvpn}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-fortisslvpn-service.name";
+
+      "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-l2tp-service.name".source =
+        "${networkmanager-l2tp}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-l2tp-service.name";
+
+      "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-iodine-service.name".source =
+        "${networkmanager-iodine}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-iodine-service.name";
       }
-    ] ++ optional (cfg.appendNameservers != [] || cfg.insertNameservers != [])
-           { source = overrideNameserversScript;
-             target = "NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02overridedns";
-           }
-      ++ lib.imap1 (i: s: {
-        inherit (s) source;
-        target = "NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/${dispatcherTypesSubdirMap.${s.type}}03userscript${lib.fixedWidthNumber 4 i}";
-        mode = "0544";
-      }) cfg.dispatcherScripts
-      ++ optional cfg.enableStrongSwan
-           { source = "${pkgs.networkmanager_strongswan}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-strongswan-service.name";
-             target = "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-strongswan-service.name";
-           };
+      // optionalAttrs (cfg.appendNameservers != [] || cfg.insertNameservers != [])
+         {
+           "NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/02overridedns".source = overrideNameserversScript;
+         }
+      // optionalAttrs cfg.enableStrongSwan
+         {
+           "NetworkManager/VPN/nm-strongswan-service.name".source =
+             "${pkgs.networkmanager_strongswan}/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-strongswan-service.name";
+         }
+      // listToAttrs (lib.imap1 (i: s:
+         {
+            name = "NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/${dispatcherTypesSubdirMap.${s.type}}03userscript${lib.fixedWidthNumber 4 i}";
+            value = { mode = "0544"; inherit (s) source; };
+         }) cfg.dispatcherScripts);
 
     environment.systemPackages = cfg.packages;
 
-    users.groups = [{
-      name = "networkmanager";
-      gid = config.ids.gids.networkmanager;
-    }
-    {
-      name = "nm-openvpn";
-      gid = config.ids.gids.nm-openvpn;
-    }];
-    users.users = [{
-      name = "nm-openvpn";
-      uid = config.ids.uids.nm-openvpn;
-      extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" ];
-    }
-    {
-      name = "nm-iodine";
-      isSystemUser = true;
-      group = "networkmanager";
-    }];
+    users.groups = {
+      networkmanager.gid = config.ids.gids.networkmanager;
+      nm-openvpn.gid = config.ids.gids.nm-openvpn;
+    };
+
+    users.users = {
+      nm-openvpn = {
+        uid = config.ids.uids.nm-openvpn;
+        extraGroups = [ "networkmanager" ];
+      };
+      nm-iodine = {
+        isSystemUser = true;
+        group = "networkmanager";
+      };
+    };
 
     systemd.packages = cfg.packages;
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/nntp-proxy.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/nntp-proxy.nix
index d24d6f77a49..cc061bf6e3b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/nntp-proxy.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/nntp-proxy.nix
@@ -210,9 +210,8 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = proxyUser;
-        uid = config.ids.uids.nntp-proxy;
+    users.users.${proxyUser} =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.nntp-proxy;
         description = "NNTP-Proxy daemon user";
       };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/nsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/nsd.nix
index bc0966e6b8e..344396638a6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/nsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/nsd.nix
@@ -899,13 +899,9 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ nsdPkg ];
 
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = username;
-      gid = config.ids.gids.nsd;
-    };
+    users.groups.${username}.gid = config.ids.gids.nsd;
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = username;
+    users.users.${username} = {
       description = "NSD service user";
       home = stateDir;
       createHome  = true;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/chrony.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/chrony.nix
index c74476c7a15..da9d960cc14 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/chrony.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/chrony.nix
@@ -79,14 +79,10 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.chrony ];
 
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = "chrony";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.chrony;
-      };
+    users.groups.chrony.gid = config.ids.gids.chrony;
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "chrony";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.chrony;
+    users.users.chrony =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.chrony;
         group = "chrony";
         description = "chrony daemon user";
         home = stateDir;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/ntpd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/ntpd.nix
index 1197c84f045..b5403cb747d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/ntpd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/ntpd.nix
@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ in
 
     systemd.services.systemd-timedated.environment = { SYSTEMD_TIMEDATED_NTP_SERVICES = "ntpd.service"; };
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = ntpUser;
-        uid = config.ids.uids.ntp;
+    users.users.${ntpUser} =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.ntp;
         description = "NTP daemon user";
         home = stateDir;
       };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/openntpd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/openntpd.nix
index 471d15b1687..67a04d48d30 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/openntpd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/ntp/openntpd.nix
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ in
 
     environment.etc."ntpd.conf".text = configFile;
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "ntp";
+    users.users.ntp = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.ntp;
       description = "OpenNTP daemon user";
       home = "/var/empty";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/owamp.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/owamp.nix
index dbb2e3b4c40..637ed618b89 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/owamp.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/owamp.nix
@@ -17,16 +17,13 @@ in
   ###### implementation
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "owamp";
+    users.users.owamp = {
       group = "owamp";
       description = "Owamp daemon";
       isSystemUser = true;
     };
 
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = "owamp";
-    };
+    users.groups.owamp = { };
 
     systemd.services.owamp = {
       description = "Owamp server";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/pdnsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/pdnsd.nix
index f5b174dd7b7..24b5bbc5104 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/pdnsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/pdnsd.nix
@@ -62,15 +62,13 @@ in
     };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = pdnsdUser;
+    users.users.${pdnsdUser} = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.pdnsd;
       group = pdnsdGroup;
       description = "pdnsd user";
     };
 
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = pdnsdGroup;
+    users.groups.${pdnsdGroup} = {
       gid = config.ids.gids.pdnsd;
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/polipo.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/polipo.nix
index dbe3b738097..1ff9388346b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/polipo.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/polipo.nix
@@ -85,17 +85,15 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "polipo";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.polipo;
+    users.users.polipo =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.polipo;
         description = "Polipo caching proxy user";
         home = "/var/cache/polipo";
         createHome = true;
       };
 
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = "polipo";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.polipo;
+    users.groups.polipo =
+      { gid = config.ids.gids.polipo;
         members = [ "polipo" ];
       };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/pppd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/pppd.nix
index e96c27bd84b..b31bfa64235 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/pppd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/pppd.nix
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ in
     enabledConfigs = filter (f: f.enable) (attrValues cfg.peers);
 
     mkEtc = peerCfg: {
-      "ppp/peers/${peerCfg.name}".text = peerCfg.config;
+      name = "ppp/peers/${peerCfg.name}";
+      value.text = peerCfg.config;
     };
 
     mkSystemd = peerCfg: {
-      "pppd-${peerCfg.name}" = {
+      name = "pppd-${peerCfg.name}";
+      value = {
         restartTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."ppp/peers/${peerCfg.name}".source ];
         before = [ "network.target" ];
         wants = [ "network.target" ];
@@ -124,8 +126,8 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    etcFiles = map mkEtc enabledConfigs;
-    systemdConfigs = map mkSystemd enabledConfigs;
+    etcFiles = listToAttrs (map mkEtc enabledConfigs);
+    systemdConfigs = listToAttrs (map mkSystemd enabledConfigs);
 
   in mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.etc = mkMerge etcFiles;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/prayer.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/prayer.nix
index c936417e68c..9c9eeba23da 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/prayer.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/prayer.nix
@@ -72,17 +72,14 @@ in
   config = mkIf config.services.prayer.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = [ prayer ];
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = prayerUser;
-        uid = config.ids.uids.prayer;
+    users.users.${prayerUser} =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.prayer;
         description = "Prayer daemon user";
         home = stateDir;
       };
 
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = prayerGroup;
-        gid = config.ids.gids.prayer;
-      };
+    users.groups.${prayerGroup} =
+      { gid = config.ids.gids.prayer; };
 
     systemd.services.prayer = {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/radicale.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/radicale.nix
index 1daced4a6c7..30bf22586f8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/radicale.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/radicale.nix
@@ -59,18 +59,15 @@ in
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "radicale";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.radicale;
+    users.users.radicale =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.radicale;
         description = "radicale user";
         home = "/var/lib/radicale";
         createHome = true;
       };
 
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = "radicale";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.radicale;
-      };
+    users.groups.radicale =
+      { gid = config.ids.gids.radicale; };
 
     systemd.services.radicale = {
       description = "A Simple Calendar and Contact Server";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/shairport-sync.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/shairport-sync.nix
index 68e005ab81d..2e988e0ca2e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/shairport-sync.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/shairport-sync.nix
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ in
     services.avahi.publish.enable = true;
     services.avahi.publish.userServices = true;
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = cfg.user;
-        description = "Shairport user";
+    users.users.${cfg.user} =
+      { description = "Shairport user";
         isSystemUser = true;
         createHome = true;
         home = "/var/lib/shairport-sync";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/shout.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/shout.nix
index e548ec66962..a808a7f39d0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/shout.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/shout.nix
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "shout";
+    users.users.shout = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.shout;
       description = "Shout daemon user";
       home = shoutHome;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/smokeping.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/smokeping.nix
index b48b0b3a9d6..37ee2a80389 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/smokeping.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/smokeping.nix
@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ in
       fping6.source = "${pkgs.fping}/bin/fping6";
     };
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.fping ];
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = cfg.user;
+    users.users.${cfg.user} = {
       isNormalUser = false;
       isSystemUser = true;
       uid = config.ids.uids.smokeping;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/supybot.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/supybot.nix
index 64eb1106832..92c84bd0e1e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/supybot.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/supybot.nix
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.pythonPackages.limnoria ];
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "supybot";
+    users.users.supybotrs = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.supybot;
       group = "supybot";
       description = "Supybot IRC bot user";
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ in
     };
 
     users.groups.supybot = {
-      name = "supybot";
       gid = config.ids.gids.supybot;
     };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tcpcrypt.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tcpcrypt.nix
index a0ccb995009..18f2e135124 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tcpcrypt.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tcpcrypt.nix
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "tcpcryptd";
+    users.users.tcpcryptd = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.tcpcryptd;
       description = "tcpcrypt daemon user";
     };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tox-bootstrapd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tox-bootstrapd.nix
index 1d349215169..f88e34827d0 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tox-bootstrapd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tox-bootstrapd.nix
@@ -56,9 +56,8 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf config.services.toxBootstrapd.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "tox-bootstrapd";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.tox-bootstrapd;
+    users.users.tox-bootstrapd =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.tox-bootstrapd;
         description = "Tox bootstrap daemon user";
         inherit home;
         createHome = true;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/vsftpd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/vsftpd.nix
index 90093d9a78d..47990dbb377 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/vsftpd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/vsftpd.nix
@@ -279,21 +279,22 @@ in
         message = "vsftpd: If enableVirtualUsers is true, you need to setup both the userDbPath and localUsers options.";
       }];
 
-    users.users =
-      [ { name = "vsftpd";
-          uid = config.ids.uids.vsftpd;
-          description = "VSFTPD user";
-          home = if cfg.localRoot != null
-                   then cfg.localRoot # <= Necessary for virtual users.
-                   else "/homeless-shelter";
-        }
-      ] ++ optional cfg.anonymousUser
-        { name = "ftp";
+    users.users = {
+      "vsftpd" = {
+        uid = config.ids.uids.vsftpd;
+        description = "VSFTPD user";
+        home = if cfg.localRoot != null
+               then cfg.localRoot # <= Necessary for virtual users.
+               else "/homeless-shelter";
+      };
+    } // optionalAttrs cfg.anonymousUser {
+      "ftp" = { name = "ftp";
           uid = config.ids.uids.ftp;
           group = "ftp";
           description = "Anonymous FTP user";
           home = cfg.anonymousUserHome;
         };
+    };
 
     users.groups.ftp.gid = config.ids.gids.ftp;
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/znc/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/znc/default.nix
index 0a9848a4934..a7315896c50 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/znc/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/znc/default.nix
@@ -287,20 +287,22 @@ in
       '';
     };
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == defaultUser)
-      { name = defaultUser;
-        description = "ZNC server daemon owner";
-        group = defaultUser;
-        uid = config.ids.uids.znc;
-        home = cfg.dataDir;
-        createHome = true;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == defaultUser) {
+      ${defaultUser} =
+        { description = "ZNC server daemon owner";
+          group = defaultUser;
+          uid = config.ids.uids.znc;
+          home = cfg.dataDir;
+          createHome = true;
+        };
       };
 
-    users.groups = optional (cfg.user == defaultUser)
-      { name = defaultUser;
-        gid = config.ids.gids.znc;
-        members = [ defaultUser ];
-      };
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == defaultUser) {
+      ${defaultUser} =
+        { gid = config.ids.gids.znc;
+          members = [ defaultUser ];
+        };
+    };
 
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
index cc35be49bc3..59306d625e6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix
@@ -288,9 +288,8 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf config.services.printing.enable {
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "cups";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.cups;
+    users.users.cups =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.cups;
         group = "lp";
         description = "CUPS printing services";
       };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/atd.nix b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/atd.nix
index a32907647a0..93ed9231d3c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/atd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/atd.nix
@@ -57,17 +57,13 @@ in
 
     security.pam.services.atd = {};
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "atd";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.atd;
+    users.users.atd =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.atd;
         description = "atd user";
         home = "/var/empty";
       };
 
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = "atd";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.atd;
-      };
+    users.groups.atd.gid = config.ids.gids.atd;
 
     systemd.services.atd = {
       description = "Job Execution Daemon (atd)";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/fcron.nix b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/fcron.nix
index e43ca014e14..42bed21bf25 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/fcron.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/scheduling/fcron.nix
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ in
 
     services.fcron.systab = systemCronJobs;
 
-    environment.etc =
+    environment.etc = listToAttrs
+      (map (x: { name = x.target; value = x; })
       [ (allowdeny "allow" (cfg.allow))
         (allowdeny "deny" cfg.deny)
         # see man 5 fcron.conf
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ in
           gid = config.ids.gids.fcron;
           mode = "0644";
         }
-      ];
+      ]);
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.fcron ];
     users.users.fcron = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix b/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix
index 6740928db9a..7a44489efe6 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/search/hound.nix
@@ -88,19 +88,19 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
-    users.groups = optional (cfg.group == "hound") {
-      name = "hound";
-      gid = config.ids.gids.hound;
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "hound") {
+      hound.gid = config.ids.gids.hound;
     };
 
-    users.users = optional (cfg.user == "hound") {
-      name = "hound";
-      description = "hound code search";
-      createHome = true;
-      home = cfg.home;
-      group = cfg.group;
-      extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
-      uid = config.ids.uids.hound;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "hound") {
+      hound = {
+        description = "hound code search";
+        createHome = true;
+        home = cfg.home;
+        group = cfg.group;
+        extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
+        uid = config.ids.uids.hound;
+      };
     };
 
     systemd.services.hound = {
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/search/kibana.nix b/nixos/modules/services/search/kibana.nix
index 43a63aa8fdc..2beb265ee5d 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/search/kibana.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/search/kibana.nix
@@ -198,8 +198,7 @@ in {
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ cfg.package ];
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = "kibana";
+    users.users.kibana = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.kibana;
       description = "Kibana service user";
       home = cfg.dataDir;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/search/solr.nix b/nixos/modules/services/search/solr.nix
index 5ef7d9893a4..b2176225493 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/search/solr.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/search/solr.nix
@@ -100,18 +100,18 @@ in
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "solr") (singleton
-      { name = "solr";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "solr") {
+      solr = {
         group = cfg.group;
         home = cfg.stateDir;
         createHome = true;
         uid = config.ids.uids.solr;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "solr") (singleton
-      { name = "solr";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.solr;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "solr") {
+      solr.gid = config.ids.gids.solr;
+    };
 
   };
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/security/clamav.nix b/nixos/modules/services/security/clamav.nix
index ef5bde7907e..aaf6fb0479b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/security/clamav.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/security/clamav.nix
@@ -83,18 +83,15 @@ in
   config = mkIf (cfg.updater.enable || cfg.daemon.enable) {
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkg ];
 
-    users.users = singleton {
-      name = clamavUser;
+    users.users.${clamavUser} = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.clamav;
       group = clamavGroup;
       description = "ClamAV daemon user";
       home = stateDir;
     };
 
-    users.groups = singleton {
-      name = clamavGroup;
-      gid = config.ids.gids.clamav;
-    };
+    users.groups.${clamavGroup} =
+      { gid = config.ids.gids.clamav; };
 
     environment.etc."clamav/freshclam.conf".source = freshclamConfigFile;
     environment.etc."clamav/clamd.conf".source = clamdConfigFile;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/security/fprot.nix b/nixos/modules/services/security/fprot.nix
index 47449039146..f203f2abc03 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/security/fprot.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/security/fprot.nix
@@ -48,22 +48,18 @@ in {
     services.fprot.updater.licenseKeyfile = mkDefault "${pkgs.fprot}/opt/f-prot/license.key";
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.fprot ];
-    environment.etc = singleton {
+    environment.etc."f-prot.conf" = {
       source = "${pkgs.fprot}/opt/f-prot/f-prot.conf";
-      target = "f-prot.conf";
     };
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = fprotUser;
-        uid = config.ids.uids.fprot;
+    users.users.${fprotUser} =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.fprot;
         description = "F-Prot daemon user";
         home = stateDir;
       };
 
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = fprotGroup;
-        gid = config.ids.gids.fprot;
-      };
+    users.groups.${fprotGroup} =
+      { gid = config.ids.gids.fprot; };
 
     services.cron.systemCronJobs = [ "*/${toString cfg.updater.frequency} * * * * root start fprot-updater" ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/security/torsocks.nix b/nixos/modules/services/security/torsocks.nix
index c60c745443b..47ac95c4626 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/security/torsocks.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/security/torsocks.nix
@@ -112,10 +112,9 @@ in
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.torsocks (wrapTorsocks "torsocks-faster" cfg.fasterServer) ];
 
-    environment.etc =
-      [ { source = pkgs.writeText "torsocks.conf" (configFile cfg.server);
-          target = "tor/torsocks.conf";
-        }
-      ];
+    environment.etc."tor/torsocks.conf" =
+      {
+        source = pkgs.writeText "torsocks.conf" (configFile cfg.server);
+      };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
index 936646a5fd7..4a60fec1ca8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/dbus.nix
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ in
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.dbus.daemon pkgs.dbus ];
 
-    environment.etc = singleton
-      { source = configDir;
-        target = "dbus-1";
-      };
+    environment.etc."dbus-1".source = configDir;
 
     users.users.messagebus = {
       uid = config.ids.uids.messagebus;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix b/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix
index c3c0b432b49..74925c5e2c4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/system/localtime.nix
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ in {
     # Install the systemd unit.
     systemd.packages = [ pkgs.localtime.out ];
 
+    users.users.localtimed = {
+      description = "Taskserver user";
+    };
+
     systemd.services.localtime = {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
       serviceConfig.Restart = "on-failure";
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/ttys/agetty.nix b/nixos/modules/services/ttys/agetty.nix
index f127d8a0276..f3a629f7af7 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/ttys/agetty.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/ttys/agetty.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ in
         enable = mkDefault config.boot.isContainer;
       };
 
-    environment.etc = singleton
+    environment.etc.issue =
       { # Friendly greeting on the virtual consoles.
         source = pkgs.writeText "issue" ''
 
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ in
           ${config.services.mingetty.helpLine}
 
         '';
-        target = "issue";
       };
 
   };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/frab.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/frab.nix
index a9a30b40922..1b5890d6b0c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/frab.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/frab.nix
@@ -173,15 +173,13 @@ in
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
     environment.systemPackages = [ frab-rake ];
 
-    users.users = [
-      { name = cfg.user;
-        group = cfg.group;
+    users.users.${cfg.user} =
+      { group = cfg.group;
         home = "${cfg.statePath}";
         isSystemUser = true;
-      }
-    ];
+      };
 
-    users.groups = [ { name = cfg.group; } ];
+    users.groups.${cfg.group} = { };
 
     systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
       "d '${cfg.statePath}/system/attachments' - ${cfg.user} ${cfg.group} - -"
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mattermost.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mattermost.nix
index 8c7fc4056ad..41c52b9653b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mattermost.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-apps/mattermost.nix
@@ -146,17 +146,17 @@ in
 
   config = mkMerge [
     (mkIf cfg.enable {
-      users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "mattermost") (singleton {
-        name = "mattermost";
-        group = cfg.group;
-        uid = config.ids.uids.mattermost;
-        home = cfg.statePath;
-      });
-
-      users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "mattermost") (singleton {
-        name = "mattermost";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.mattermost;
-      });
+      users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "mattermost") {
+        mattermost = {
+          group = cfg.group;
+          uid = config.ids.uids.mattermost;
+          home = cfg.statePath;
+        };
+      };
+
+      users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "mattermost") {
+        mattermost.gid = config.ids.gids.mattermost;
+      };
 
       services.postgresql.enable = cfg.localDatabaseCreate;
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
index 3020fd68fc8..4460f89ec5c 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/apache-httpd/default.nix
@@ -606,17 +606,17 @@ in
       }
     ];
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (mainCfg.user == "wwwrun") (singleton
-      { name = "wwwrun";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (mainCfg.user == "wwwrun") {
+      wwwrun = {
         group = mainCfg.group;
         description = "Apache httpd user";
         uid = config.ids.uids.wwwrun;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (mainCfg.group == "wwwrun") (singleton
-      { name = "wwwrun";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.wwwrun;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (mainCfg.group == "wwwrun") {
+      wwwrun.gid = config.ids.gids.wwwrun;
+    };
 
     security.acme.certs = mapAttrs (name: hostOpts: {
       user = mainCfg.user;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index 60a5b503def..c8602e5975b 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -740,15 +740,16 @@ in
         listToAttrs acmePairs
     );
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "nginx") (singleton
-      { name = "nginx";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "nginx") {
+      nginx = {
         group = cfg.group;
         uid = config.ids.uids.nginx;
-      });
+      };
+    };
+
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "nginx") {
+      nginx.gid = config.ids.gids.nginx;
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "nginx") (singleton
-      { name = "nginx";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.nginx;
-      });
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
index 68261c50324..6d12925829f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/tomcat.nix
@@ -194,14 +194,10 @@ in
 
   config = mkIf config.services.tomcat.enable {
 
-    users.groups = singleton
-      { name = "tomcat";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.tomcat;
-      };
+    users.groups.tomcat.gid = config.ids.gids.tomcat;
 
-    users.users = singleton
-      { name = "tomcat";
-        uid = config.ids.uids.tomcat;
+    users.users.tomcat =
+      { uid = config.ids.uids.tomcat;
         description = "Tomcat user";
         home = "/homeless-shelter";
         extraGroups = cfg.extraGroups;
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/unit/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/unit/default.nix
index b07212580a5..2303dfa9540 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/unit/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/unit/default.nix
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "unit") (singleton {
-      name = "unit";
-      group = cfg.group;
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "unit") {
+      unit.group = cfg.group;
       isSystemUser = true;
-    });
+    };
+
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "unit") {
+      unit = { };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "unit") (singleton {
-      name = "unit";
-    });
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/uwsgi.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/uwsgi.nix
index af70f32f32d..0c727cf44ae 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/uwsgi.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/uwsgi.nix
@@ -146,15 +146,15 @@ in {
       };
     };
 
-    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "uwsgi") (singleton
-      { name = "uwsgi";
+    users.users = optionalAttrs (cfg.user == "uwsgi") {
+      uwsgi = {
         group = cfg.group;
         uid = config.ids.uids.uwsgi;
-      });
+      };
+    };
 
-    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "uwsgi") (singleton
-      { name = "uwsgi";
-        gid = config.ids.gids.uwsgi;
-      });
+    users.groups = optionalAttrs (cfg.group == "uwsgi") {
+      uwsgi.gid = config.ids.gids.uwsgi;
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/enlightenment.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/enlightenment.nix
index 04e82599b94..26b662a2a64 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/enlightenment.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/enlightenment.nix
@@ -68,10 +68,7 @@ in
 
     security.wrappers = (import "${e.enlightenment}/e-wrappers.nix").security.wrappers;
 
-    environment.etc = singleton
-      { source = xcfg.xkbDir;
-        target = "X11/xkb";
-      };
+    environment.etc."X11/xkb".source = xcfg.xkbDir;
 
     fonts.fonts = [ pkgs.dejavu_fonts pkgs.ubuntu_font_family ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix
index fce274477b6..2538858ac0f 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/desktop-managers/plasma5.nix
@@ -183,10 +183,7 @@ in
         "/share"
       ];
 
-      environment.etc = singleton {
-        source = xcfg.xkbDir;
-        target = "X11/xkb";
-      };
+      environment.etc."X11/xkb".source = xcfg.xkbDir;
 
       # Enable GTK applications to load SVG icons
       services.xserver.gdk-pixbuf.modulePackages = [ pkgs.librsvg ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/hardware/libinput.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/hardware/libinput.nix
index 71065dfc26b..f6b0e7c09f5 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/hardware/libinput.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/hardware/libinput.nix
@@ -198,12 +198,13 @@ in {
 
     environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.xorg.xf86inputlibinput ];
 
-    environment.etc = [
-      (let cfgPath = "X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf"; in {
-        source = pkgs.xorg.xf86inputlibinput.out + "/share/" + cfgPath;
-        target = cfgPath;
-      })
-    ];
+    environment.etc =
+      let cfgPath = "X11/xorg.conf.d/40-libinput.conf";
+      in {
+        ${cfgPath} = {
+          source = pkgs.xorg.xf86inputlibinput.out + "/share/" + cfgPath;
+        };
+      };
 
     services.udev.packages = [ pkgs.libinput.out ];
 
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
index 3a9b70c0673..7029919170a 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/x11/xserver.nix
@@ -590,19 +590,15 @@ in
     ];
 
     environment.etc =
-      (optionals cfg.exportConfiguration
-        [ { source = "${configFile}";
-            target = "X11/xorg.conf";
-          }
+      (optionalAttrs cfg.exportConfiguration
+        {
+          "X11/xorg.conf".source = "${configFile}";
           # -xkbdir command line option does not seems to be passed to xkbcomp.
-          { source = "${cfg.xkbDir}";
-            target = "X11/xkb";
-          }
-        ])
+          "X11/xkb".source = "${cfg.xkbDir}";
+        })
       # localectl looks into 00-keyboard.conf
-      ++ [
-        {
-          text = ''
+      //{
+          "X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf".text = ''
             Section "InputClass"
               Identifier "Keyboard catchall"
               MatchIsKeyboard "on"
@@ -612,16 +608,12 @@ in
               Option "XkbVariant" "${cfg.xkbVariant}"
             EndSection
           '';
-          target = "X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf";
         }
-      ]
       # Needed since 1.18; see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89023#c5
-      ++ (let cfgPath = "/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf"; in
-        [{
-          source = xorg.xf86inputevdev.out + "/share" + cfgPath;
-          target = cfgPath;
-        }]
-      );
+      // (let cfgPath = "/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf"; in
+        {
+          ${cfgPath}.source = xorg.xf86inputevdev.out + "/share" + cfgPath;
+        });
 
     environment.systemPackages =
       [ xorg.xorgserver.out
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix
index 8a309f3bc5f..6edb9082e75 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/kernel.nix
@@ -256,9 +256,8 @@ in
 
     # Create /etc/modules-load.d/nixos.conf, which is read by
     # systemd-modules-load.service to load required kernel modules.
-    environment.etc = singleton
-      { target = "modules-load.d/nixos.conf";
-        source = kernelModulesConf;
+    environment.etc =
+      { "modules-load.d/nixos.conf".source = kernelModulesConf;
       };
 
     systemd.services.systemd-modules-load =
diff --git a/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix b/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
index 58d914d0810..3e289a63139 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/system/boot/networkd.nix
@@ -872,10 +872,10 @@ let
         '';
     };
 
-  unitFiles = map (name: {
-    target = "systemd/network/${name}";
-    source = "${cfg.units.${name}.unit}/${name}";
-  }) (attrNames cfg.units);
+  unitFiles = listToAttrs (map (name: {
+    name = "systemd/network/${name}";
+    value.source = "${cfg.units.${name}.unit}/${name}";
+  }) (attrNames cfg.units));
 in
 
 {
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ in
 
     systemd.services.systemd-networkd = {
       wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
-      restartTriggers = map (f: f.source) (unitFiles);
+      restartTriggers = attrNames unitFiles;
       # prevent race condition with interface renaming (#39069)
       requires = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ];
       after = [ "systemd-udev-settle.service" ];
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/xen-dom0.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/xen-dom0.nix
index 6fd54c52758..7f0af9901b9 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/xen-dom0.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/xen-dom0.nix
@@ -233,26 +233,19 @@ in
 
 
     environment.etc =
-      [ { source = "${cfg.package}/etc/xen/xl.conf";
-          target = "xen/xl.conf";
-        }
-        { source = "${cfg.package}/etc/xen/scripts";
-          target = "xen/scripts";
-        }
-        { text = ''
-            source ${cfg.package}/etc/default/xendomains
-
-            ${cfg.domains.extraConfig}
-          '';
-          target = "default/xendomains";
-        }
-      ]
-      ++ lib.optionals (builtins.compareVersions cfg.package.version "4.10" >= 0) [
+      {
+        "xen/xl.conf".source = "${cfg.package}/etc/xen/xl.conf";
+        "xen/scripts".source = "${cfg.package}/etc/xen/scripts";
+        "default/xendomains".text = ''
+          source ${cfg.package}/etc/default/xendomains
+
+          ${cfg.domains.extraConfig}
+        '';
+      }
+      // optionalAttrs (builtins.compareVersions cfg.package.version "4.10" >= 0) {
         # in V 4.10 oxenstored requires /etc/xen/oxenstored.conf to start
-        { source = "${cfg.package}/etc/xen/oxenstored.conf";
-          target = "xen/oxenstored.conf";
-        }
-      ];
+        "xen/oxenstored.conf".source = "${cfg.package}/etc/xen/oxenstored.conf";
+      };
 
     # Xen provides udev rules.
     services.udev.packages = [ cfg.package ];