diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ce87ac5d0..4f5d3564b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -31,29 +31,30 @@
     outputs = inputs@{ deploy, nixos, nur, self, utils, ... }:
       let
         lib = import ./lib { inherit self nixos inputs; };
-      in
-        lib.mkFlake {
-          inherit self;
-          hosts = ./hosts;
-          packages = import ./pkgs;
-          suites = import ./suites;
-          extern = import ./extern;
-          overrides = import ./overrides;
-          overlays = ./overlays;
-          profiles = ./profiles;
-          userProfiles = ./users/profiles;
-          modules = import ./modules/module-list.nix;
-          userModules = import ./users/modules/module-list.nix;
-        } // {
-          defaultTemplate = self.templates.flk;
-          templates.flk.path = ./.;
-          templates.flk.description = "flk template";
-          templates.mkflake.path =
-            let
-              excludes = [ "lib" "tests" "cachix" "nix" "theme" ".github" "bors.toml" "cachix.nix" ];
-              filter = path: type: ! builtins.elem (baseNameOf path) excludes;
-            in
-              builtins.filterSource filter ./.;
-          templates.mkflake.description = "template with necessary folders for mkFlake usage";
-        };
+      in lib.mkFlake {
+        inherit self;
+        hosts = ./hosts;
+        packages = import ./pkgs;
+        suites = import ./suites;
+        extern = import ./extern;
+        overrides = import ./overrides;
+        overlays = ./overlays;
+        profiles = ./profiles;
+        userProfiles = ./users/profiles;
+        modules = import ./modules/module-list.nix;
+        userModules = import ./users/modules/module-list.nix;
+      } // {
+        inherit lib;
+        defaultTemplate = self.templates.flk;
+        templates.flk.path = ./.;
+        templates.flk.description = "flk template";
+        templates.mkflake.path =
+          let
+            excludes = [ "lib" "tests" "cachix" "nix" "theme" ".github" "bors.toml" "cachix.nix" ];
+            filter = path: type: ! builtins.elem (baseNameOf path) excludes;
+          in
+            builtins.filterSource filter ./.;
+        templates.mkflake.description = "template with necessary folders for mkFlake usage";
+      };
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index b9a7a5071..a44613b79 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
-args@{ nixos, self, ... }:
-let inherit (nixos) lib; in
-lib.makeExtensible (final:
-  let callLibs = file: import file
-    ({
-      inherit lib;
-
-      dev = final;
-    } // args);
+args@{ nixos, self, ... }: # TODO: craft well-defined api for devos-lib
+let
+  inherit (nixos) lib;
+in lib.makeExtensible (final:
+  let
+    callLibs = file: import file  ({ lib = final; } // args);
   in
-  with final;
   {
     inherit callLibs;
 
@@ -18,8 +14,8 @@ lib.makeExtensible (final:
     strings = callLibs ./strings.nix;
 
     mkFlake = callLibs ./mkFlake;
-    evalFlakeArgs = callLibs ./mkFlake/evalArgs.nix;
-
+  } //
+  with final; {
     inherit (attrs) mapFilterAttrs genAttrs' safeReadDir
       pathsToImportedAttrs concatAttrs filterPackages;
     inherit (lists) pathsIn;
diff --git a/lib/devos/default.nix b/lib/devos/default.nix
index e580ef005..fb9e990f1 100644
--- a/lib/devos/default.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, nixos, dev, ... }:
+{ lib, ... }:
 {
   # pkgImport :: Nixpkgs -> Overlays -> System -> Pkgs
   pkgImport = nixpkgs: overlays: system:
@@ -9,22 +9,22 @@
 
   profileMap = map (profile: profile.default);
 
-  mkNodes = dev.callLibs ./mkNodes.nix;
+  mkNodes = lib.callLibs ./mkNodes.nix;
 
-  mkHosts = dev.callLibs ./mkHosts.nix;
+  mkHosts = lib.callLibs ./mkHosts.nix;
 
-  mkSuites = dev.callLibs ./mkSuites.nix;
+  mkSuites = lib.callLibs ./mkSuites.nix;
 
-  mkProfileAttrs = dev.callLibs ./mkProfileAttrs.nix;
+  mkProfileAttrs = lib.callLibs ./mkProfileAttrs.nix;
 
-  mkPkgs = dev.callLibs ./mkPkgs.nix;
+  mkPkgs = lib.callLibs ./mkPkgs.nix;
 
-  recImport = dev.callLibs ./recImport.nix;
+  recImport = lib.callLibs ./recImport.nix;
 
-  devosSystem = dev.callLibs ./devosSystem.nix;
+  devosSystem = lib.callLibs ./devosSystem.nix;
 
-  mkHomeConfigurations = dev.callLibs ./mkHomeConfigurations.nix;
+  mkHomeConfigurations = lib.callLibs ./mkHomeConfigurations.nix;
 
-  mkPackages = dev.callLibs ./mkPackages.nix;
+  mkPackages = lib.callLibs ./mkPackages.nix;
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/devos/mkHosts.nix b/lib/devos/mkHosts.nix
index e0c7ea477..032d262b0 100644
--- a/lib/devos/mkHosts.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/mkHosts.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ lib, dev, nixos, inputs, self, ... }:
+{ lib, nixos, inputs, ... }:
 
-{ dir, devos, extern, suites, overrides, multiPkgs, ... }:
+{ self, dir, extern, suites, overrides, multiPkgs, ... }:
 let
   defaultSystem = "x86_64-linux";
 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ let
       nixpkgs.pkgs = lib.mkDefault multiPkgs.${config.nixpkgs.system};
 
       nix.registry = {
-        devos.flake = self;
+        self.flake = self;
         nixos.flake = nixos;
         override.flake = inputs.override;
       };
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ let
     # Everything in `./modules/list.nix`.
     flakeModules = { imports = builtins.attrValues self.nixosModules ++ extern.modules; };
 
-    cachix = "${devos}/cachix.nix";
+    cachix = "${self}/cachix.nix";
   };
 
   specialArgs = extern.specialArgs // { suites = suites.system; };
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@ let
         };
       };
     in
-    dev.os.devosSystem {
+    lib.os.devosSystem {
       inherit specialArgs;
       system = defaultSystem;
       modules = modules // { inherit local lib; };
     };
 
-  hosts = dev.os.recImport
+  hosts = lib.os.recImport
     {
       inherit dir;
       _import = mkHostConfig;
diff --git a/lib/devos/mkPackages.nix b/lib/devos/mkPackages.nix
index a876ea0b7..0aebb7ebf 100644
--- a/lib/devos/mkPackages.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/mkPackages.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ lib, dev, self, ... }:
+{ lib, self, ... }:
 
 { pkgs }:
 let
   inherit (self) overlay overlays;
   packagesNames = lib.attrNames (overlay null null)
-    ++ lib.attrNames (dev.concatAttrs
+    ++ lib.attrNames (lib.concatAttrs
     (lib.attrValues
       (lib.mapAttrs (_: v: v null null) overlays)
     )
diff --git a/lib/devos/mkPkgs.nix b/lib/devos/mkPkgs.nix
index f3126eaff..4eb709b6a 100644
--- a/lib/devos/mkPkgs.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/mkPkgs.nix
@@ -1,27 +1,19 @@
-{ lib, dev, nixos, self, inputs, ... }:
+{ lib, nixos, self, inputs, ... }:
 
 { extern, overrides }:
 (inputs.utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem
   (system:
     let
-      overridePkgs = dev.os.pkgImport inputs.override [ ] system;
+      overridePkgs = lib.os.pkgImport inputs.override [ ] system;
       overridesOverlay = overrides.packages;
 
       overlays = [
-        (final: prev: {
-          lib = prev.lib.extend (lfinal: lprev: {
-            inherit dev;
-            inherit (lib) nixosSystem;
-
-            utils = inputs.utils.lib;
-          });
-        })
         (overridesOverlay overridePkgs)
         self.overlay
       ]
       ++ extern.overlays
       ++ (lib.attrValues self.overlays);
     in
-    { pkgs = dev.os.pkgImport nixos overlays system; }
+    { pkgs = lib.os.pkgImport nixos overlays system; }
   )
 ).pkgs
diff --git a/lib/devos/mkProfileAttrs.nix b/lib/devos/mkProfileAttrs.nix
index d89c6ba22..7168b2910 100644
--- a/lib/devos/mkProfileAttrs.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/mkProfileAttrs.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, dev, ... }:
+{ lib, ... }:
 
 let mkProfileAttrs =
   /**
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ let mkProfileAttrs =
   let
     imports =
       let
-        files = dev.safeReadDir dir;
+        files = lib.safeReadDir dir;
 
         p = n: v:
           v == "directory"
diff --git a/lib/devos/mkSuites.nix b/lib/devos/mkSuites.nix
index a3a329440..7adb7c889 100644
--- a/lib/devos/mkSuites.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/mkSuites.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, dev, ... }:
+{ lib, ... }:
 
 { users, profiles, userProfiles, suites } @ args:
 let
-  inherit (dev) os;
 
   definedSuites = suites {
     inherit (args) users profiles userProfiles;
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ let
     let defaults = lib.collect (x: x ? default) users;
     in map (x: x.default) defaults;
 
-  createSuites = _: suites: lib.mapAttrs (_: v: os.profileMap v) suites // {
+  createSuites = _: suites: lib.mapAttrs (_: v: lib.os.profileMap v) suites // {
     inherit allProfiles allUsers;
   };
 
diff --git a/lib/devos/recImport.nix b/lib/devos/recImport.nix
index d7f2aa82b..66a818c4a 100644
--- a/lib/devos/recImport.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/recImport.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, dev, ... }:
+{ lib,  ... }:
 
 { dir, _import ? base: import "${dir}/${base}.nix" }:
-dev.mapFilterAttrs
+lib.mapFilterAttrs
   (_: v: v != null)
   (n: v:
     if n != "default.nix" && lib.hasSuffix ".nix" n && v == "regular"
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ dev.mapFilterAttrs
       let name = lib.removeSuffix ".nix" n; in lib.nameValuePair (name) (_import name)
     else
       lib.nameValuePair ("") (null))
-  (dev.safeReadDir dir)
+  (lib.safeReadDir dir)
diff --git a/lib/lists.nix b/lib/lists.nix
index b6530f133..74cf9bd4b 100644
--- a/lib/lists.nix
+++ b/lib/lists.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-{ lib, dev, ... }:
+{ lib, ... }:
 {
   pathsIn = dir:
     let
       fullPath = name: "${toString dir}/${name}";
     in
-    map fullPath (lib.attrNames (dev.safeReadDir dir));
+    map fullPath (lib.attrNames (lib.safeReadDir dir));
 }
diff --git a/lib/mkFlake/default.nix b/lib/mkFlake/default.nix
index cca6ccdf5..300445e55 100644
--- a/lib/mkFlake/default.nix
+++ b/lib/mkFlake/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
-{ self, nixos, inputs, ... }:
+{ lib, inputs, ... }:
 let
-  devos = self;
+  inherit (lib) os; # TODO: find a more approriate naming scheme
+  inherit (inputs) utils deploy; # TODO: make this direct inputs of future devos-lib flake
+  evalFlakeArgs = lib.callLibs ./evalArgs.nix;
 in
 
 { self, ... } @ args:
 let
-  inherit (self) lib;
-  inherit (lib) os;
 
-  inherit (inputs) utils deploy;
-
-  cfg = (lib.evalFlakeArgs { inherit args; }).config;
+  cfg = (evalFlakeArgs { inherit args; }).config;
 
   multiPkgs = os.mkPkgs { inherit (cfg) extern overrides; };
 
   outputs = {
     nixosConfigurations = os.mkHosts {
-      inherit devos multiPkgs;
+      inherit self multiPkgs;
       inherit (cfg) extern suites overrides;
       dir = cfg.hosts;
     };
@@ -30,11 +28,6 @@ let
     overlay = cfg.packages;
     inherit (cfg) overlays;
 
-    lib = import "${devos}/lib" {
-      inherit self nixos;
-      inputs = inputs // self.inputs;
-    };
-
     deploy.nodes = os.mkNodes deploy self.nixosConfigurations;
   };
 
@@ -48,7 +41,7 @@ let
       checks =
         let
           tests = nixos.lib.optionalAttrs (system == "x86_64-linux")
-            (import "${devos}/tests" { inherit pkgs; self = devos; });
+            (import "${self}/tests" { inherit self pkgs; });
           deployHosts = nixos.lib.filterAttrs
             (n: _: self.nixosConfigurations.${n}.config.nixpkgs.system == system) self.deploy.nodes;
           deployChecks = deploy.lib.${system}.deployChecks { nodes = deployHosts; };
@@ -58,10 +51,10 @@ let
       inherit legacyPackages;
       packages = lib.filterPackages system legacyPackages;
 
-      devShell = import "${devos}/shell" {
+      devShell = import "${self}/shell" {
         inherit self system;
       };
     });
 in
- nixos.lib.recursiveUpdate outputs systemOutputs
+ outputs // systemOutputs
 
diff --git a/lib/mkFlake/evalArgs.nix b/lib/mkFlake/evalArgs.nix
index 69cc665cc..de8a8692b 100644
--- a/lib/mkFlake/evalArgs.nix
+++ b/lib/mkFlake/evalArgs.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-{ self, dev, nixos, inputs, ... }:
+{ self, lib, inputs, ... }:
 
 { args }:
 let
-  argOpts = with nixos.lib; { config, options, ... }:
+  argOpts = with lib; { config, options, ... }:
     let
-      inherit (dev) os;
-
       inherit (config) self;
 
       inputAttrs = with types; functionTo attrs;
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@ let
     {
       options = with types; {
         self = mkOption {
-          type = addCheck attrs nixos.lib.isStorePath;
+          type = addCheck attrs isStorePath;
           description = "The flake to create the devos outputs for";
         };
         hosts = mkOption {
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ let
         modules = mkOption {
           type = listOf moduleType;
           default = [];
-          apply = dev.pathsToImportedAttrs;
+          apply = pathsToImportedAttrs;
           description = ''
             list of modules to include in confgurations and export in 'nixosModules' output
           '';
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@ let
         userModules = mkOption {
           type = listOf moduleType;
           default = [];
-          apply = dev.pathsToImportedAttrs;
+          apply = pathsToImportedAttrs;
           description = ''
             list of modules to include in home-manager configurations and export in
             'homeModules' output
@@ -130,7 +128,7 @@ let
           type = path;
           default = "${self}/overlays";
           defaultText = "\${self}/overlays";
-          apply = x: dev.pathsToImportedAttrs (dev.pathsIn (toString x));
+          apply = x: pathsToImportedAttrs (pathsIn (toString x));
           description = ''
             path to folder containing overlays which will be applied to pkgs and exported in
             the 'overlays' output
@@ -143,40 +141,9 @@ let
           apply = x: default // x;
           description = "attrset of packages and modules that will be pulled from nixpkgs master";
         };
-        genDoc = mkOption {
-          type = functionTo attrs;
-          internal = true;
-          description = "function that returns a generated options doc derivation given nixpkgs";
-        };
       };
-      config.genDoc =
-        let
-          singleDoc = name: value: ''
-            ## ${name}
-            ${value.description}
-
-            ${optionalString (value ? type) ''
-              *_Type_*:
-              ${value.type}
-            ''}
-            ${optionalString (value ? default) ''
-              *_Default_*
-              ```
-              ${builtins.toJSON value.default}
-              ```
-            ''}
-            ${optionalString (value ? example) ''
-              *_Example_*
-              ```
-              ${value.example}
-              ```
-            ''}
-          '';
-        in
-          pkgs: with pkgs; writeText "devosOptions.md"
-            (concatStringsSep "" (mapAttrsToList singleDoc (nixosOptionsDoc { inherit options; }).optionsNix));
     };
 in
-  nixos.lib.evalModules {
+  lib.evalModules {
     modules = [ argOpts args ];
   }
diff --git a/pkgs/default.nix b/pkgs/default.nix
index c53578234..45a4a07c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/default.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 final: prev: {
-  devosOptionsDoc = (prev.lib.dev.evalFlakeArgs { args = {}; }).config.genDoc prev;
 }