diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/curl-static/curl-7.12.2-static.tar.bz2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/curl-static/curl-7.12.2-static.tar.bz2
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/curl-static/curl-7.12.2-static.tar.gz b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/curl-static/curl-7.12.2-static.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
index f202f0ad7c77..8067dfed1dee 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/default.nix
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ rec {
   # binary which is unpacked here.
   curl = derivation {
     name = "curl";
-    builder = ./bash-static/bash;
-    tar = ./gnutar-static/bin/tar;
-    gunzip = ./gzip-static/bin/gunzip;
-    curl = ./curl-static/curl-7.12.2-static.tar.gz;
+    builder = ./tools/bash;
+    tar = ./tools/tar;
+    bunzip2 = ./tools/bunzip2;
     cp = ./tools/cp;
+    curl = ./curl-static/curl-7.12.2-static.tar.bz2;
     system = "i686-linux";
     args = [ ./scripts/curl-unpack ];
   };
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ rec {
   , extra3 ? null, extra4? null, patchelf ? null}:
   derivation {
     name = pkgname;
-    builder = ./bash-static/bash;
-    tar = ./gnutar-static/bin/tar;
-    gunzip = ./gzip-static/bin/gunzip;
-    inherit curl url;
+    builder = ./tools/bash;
+    tar = ./tools/tar;
+    bunzip2 = ./tools/bunzip2;
     cp = ./tools/cp;
+    inherit curl url;
     system = "i686-linux";
     args = [ ./scripts/download-script ];
     inherit postProcess addToPath extra extra2 extra3 extra4 patchelf;
@@ -45,97 +45,48 @@ rec {
 
   # The various statically linked components that make up the standard
   # environment.
-  coreutils = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/coreutils-5.0-static.tar.gz;
-    pkgname = "coreutils";
-  };
-
-  patchelf = ./patchelf-static/bin/patchelf;
-
-  bzip2 = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/bzip2-1.0.2-static.tar.gz;
-    pkgname = "bzip2";
-  };
-
-  gnumake = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/make-3.80-static.tar.gz;
-    pkgname = "gnumake";
+  staticTools = download {
+    url = http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/stdenv-linux/////static.tar.bz2;
+    pkgname = "static-tools";
   };
 
   binutils = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/binutils-2.15-static.tar.gz;
+    url = http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/stdenv-linux/binutils-2.15-static.tar.bz2;
     pkgname = "binutils";
   };
 
-  diffutils = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/diffutils-2.8.1-static.tar.gz;
-    pkgname = "diffutils";
-  };
-
-  gnused = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/sed-4.0.7-static.tar.gz;
-    pkgname = "gnused";
-  };
-
-  gnugrep = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/grep-2.5.1-static.tar.gz;
-    pkgname = "gnugrep";
-  };
-
-  gcc = (download {url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/gcc-3.4.2-static.tar.gz;
+  gcc = (download {url = http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/stdenv-linux/gcc-3.4.2-static.tar.bz2;
     pkgname = "gcc";
     postProcess = [./scripts/fix-outpath.sh];
-    addToPath = [coreutils findutils gnused];
+    addToPath = [staticTools];
   }) // { langC = true; langCC = false; langF77 = false; };
 
-  gawk = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/gawk-3.1.3-static.tar.gz;
-    pkgname = "gawk";
-  };
-
-  patch = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/patch-2.5.4-static.tar.gz;
-    pkgname = "patch";
-  };
-
-  findutils = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/findutils-4.1.20-static.tar.gz;
-    pkgname = "findutils";
-  };
-
-  linuxHeaders = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/linux-headers-2.4.25-i386.tar.gz;
-    pkgname = "linux-headers";
-  };
-
   glibc = download {
-    url = http://losser.st-lab.cs.uu.nl/~armijn/.nix/glibc-2.3.3-static-2.tar.gz;
+    url = http://catamaran.labs.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/stdenv-linux/glibc-2.3.3-static.tar.bz2;
     pkgname = "glibc";
-    patchelf = ./patchelf-static/bin/patchelf;
-    postProcess = [./scripts/add-symlink.sh ./scripts/fix-outpath.sh];
-    addToPath = [coreutils findutils gnused];
-    extra = linuxHeaders;
+    postProcess = [./scripts/fix-outpath.sh];
+    addToPath = [staticTools];
   };
 
 
   # The "fake" standard environment used to build "real" standard
-  # environments.  It consists of just bash, coreutils, and sed, which
-  # is all that is needed by ../generic/builder.sh.
+  # environments.  It consists of just the basic statically linked
+  # tools.
   stdenvInitial = let {
     body = derivation {
-      name = "stdenv-linux-static-initial";
+      name = "stdenv-linux-initial";
       system = "i686-linux";
-      builder = ./bash-static/bash;
+      builder = ./tools/bash;
       args = ./scripts/builder-stdenv-initial.sh;
-      inherit coreutils gnused;
+      inherit staticTools;
     }  // {
       mkDerivation = attrs: derivation (attrs // {
-        builder = ./bash-static/bash;
+        builder = ./tools/bash;
         args = ["-e" attrs.builder];
         stdenv = body;
         system = body.system;
       });
-      shell = ./bash-static/bash;
+      shell = ./tools/bash;
     };
   };
 
@@ -143,11 +94,11 @@ rec {
   # This function builds the various standard environments used during
   # the bootstrap.
   stdenvBootFun = {glibc, gcc, binutils, staticGlibc}: (import ../generic) {
-    name = "stdenv-linux-static-boot";
+    name = "stdenv-linux-boot";
     param1 = if staticGlibc then "static" else "dynamic";
     preHook = ./prehook.sh;
     stdenv = stdenvInitial;
-    shell = ./bash-static/bash;
+    shell = ./tools/bash;
     gcc = (import ../../build-support/gcc-wrapper) {
       stdenv = stdenvInitial;
       nativeTools = false;
@@ -155,18 +106,7 @@ rec {
       inherit gcc glibc binutils;
     };
     initialPath = [
-      coreutils
-      ./gnutar-static
-      ./gzip-static
-      bzip2
-      gnused
-      gnugrep
-      gawk
-      gnumake
-      findutils
-      diffutils
-      patch
-      ./patchelf-static
+      staticTools
     ];
   };
 
@@ -225,7 +165,7 @@ rec {
   #    Binutils built above, and adds in dynamically linked versions
   #    of all other tools.
   stdenvLinux = (import ../generic) {
-    name = "stdenv-nix-linux";
+    name = "stdenv-linux";
     preHook = ./prehook.sh;
     initialPath = [
       ((import ../nix/path.nix) {pkgs = stdenvLinuxBoot3Pkgs;})
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/gzip-static/bin/gunzip b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/gzip-static/bin/gunzip
deleted file mode 100755
index c6059153306e..000000000000
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/add-symlink.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/add-symlink.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ff2716f21d3d..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/add-symlink.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-chmod u+w $out/include
-(cd $out/include && ln -s $extra/include/* .) || exit 1
-
-cd $out
-find . -not -type l -exec $extra2/bin/chmod u+w {} \;
-find . -exec $patchelf --interpreter $out/lib/ld-linux.so.2 --shrink-rpath {} \; || true
-
-$extra2/bin/rm -rf bin
-
-$extra2/bin/cat ./lib/libc.so | $extra4/bin/sed "s|/nix/store/[a-z0-9]*-glibc|$out|g" > ./lib/libc.so
-$extra2/bin/cat ./lib/libpthread.so | $extra4/bin/sed "s|/nix/store/[a-z0-9]*-glibc|$out|g" > ./lib/libpthread.so
-
-rm $out/lib/*.so*
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/builder-stdenv-initial.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/builder-stdenv-initial.sh
index bb9728af6dd1..eca7adfac743 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/builder-stdenv-initial.sh
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/builder-stdenv-initial.sh
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ PATH=$coreutils/bin
 mkdir $out
 
 cat > $out/setup <<EOF
-PATH=$coreutils/bin:$gnused/bin
-EOF
\ No newline at end of file
+PATH=$staticTools/bin
+EOF
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/curl-unpack b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/curl-unpack
index b62465e5e56c..1761bce1a6ac 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/curl-unpack
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/curl-unpack
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ set -e
 
 echo $curl
 
-$gunzip -d < $curl | $tar xvf -
+$bunzip2 -d < $curl | $tar xvf -
 
 $cp -prvd * $out
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/download-script b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/download-script
index a3cf210df15a..e5dd0044e381 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/download-script
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/scripts/download-script
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ echo "using curl executable $curl"
 
 $curl/bin/curl "$url" > .tmp
 
-$gunzip -d < .tmp | $tar xvf -
+$bunzip2 -d < .tmp | $tar xvf -
 
 $cp -prd * $out
 
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/bash-static/bash b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/tools/bash
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/stdenv/linux/bash-static/bash
rename to pkgs/stdenv/linux/tools/bash
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/tools/bunzip2 b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/tools/bunzip2
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..14fbed32a090
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diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/linux/gnutar-static/bin/tar b/pkgs/stdenv/linux/tools/tar
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/stdenv/linux/gnutar-static/bin/tar
rename to pkgs/stdenv/linux/tools/tar