diff --git a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/webcam/facetimehd.nix b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/webcam/facetimehd.nix
index b35709763b90..309cedca48ba 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/hardware/video/webcam/facetimehd.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/hardware/video/webcam/facetimehd.nix
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ in
 
     # unload module during suspend/hibernate as it crashes the whole system
     powerManagement.powerDownCommands = ''
-      ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/bin/rmmod -f facetimehd
+      ${pkgs.kmod}/bin/rmmod -f facetimehd
     '';
 
     # and load it back on resume
     powerManagement.resumeCommands = ''
       export MODULE_DIR=/run/current-system/kernel-modules/lib/modules
-      ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe -v facetimehd
+      ${pkgs.kmod}/bin/modprobe -v facetimehd
     '';
 
   };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/openafs-client/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/openafs-client/default.nix
index 7a44fc1ea5ec..61c66bb88357 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/openafs-client/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/network-filesystems/openafs-client/default.nix
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ in
       preStart = ''
         mkdir -p -m 0755 /afs
         mkdir -m 0700 -p ${cfg.cacheDirectory}
-        ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/sbin/insmod ${openafsPkgs}/lib/openafs/libafs-*.ko || true
+        ${pkgs.kmod}/sbin/insmod ${openafsPkgs}/lib/openafs/libafs-*.ko || true
         ${openafsPkgs}/sbin/afsd -confdir ${afsConfig} -cachedir ${cfg.cacheDirectory} ${if cfg.sparse then "-dynroot-sparse" else "-dynroot"} -fakestat -afsdb
         ${openafsPkgs}/bin/fs setcrypt ${if cfg.crypt then "on" else "off"}
       '';
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ in
       preStop = ''
         ${pkgs.utillinux}/bin/umount /afs
         ${openafsPkgs}/sbin/afsd -shutdown
-        ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/sbin/rmmod libafs
+        ${pkgs.kmod}/sbin/rmmod libafs
       '';
     };
   };
diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
index 7dfbc38efee6..d9b866d2e55e 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/qemu-vm.nix
@@ -149,11 +149,11 @@ let
           ${pkgs.mtools}/bin/mlabel -i /dev/vda2 ::boot
 
           # Mount /boot; load necessary modules first.
-          ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/sbin/insmod ${pkgs.linux}/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/nls/nls_cp437.ko || true
-          ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/sbin/insmod ${pkgs.linux}/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-1.ko || true
-          ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/sbin/insmod ${pkgs.linux}/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/fat/fat.ko || true
-          ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/sbin/insmod ${pkgs.linux}/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/fat/vfat.ko || true
-          ${pkgs.module_init_tools}/sbin/insmod ${pkgs.linux}/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/efivarfs/efivarfs.ko || true
+          ${pkgs.kmod}/sbin/insmod ${pkgs.linux}/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/nls/nls_cp437.ko.xz || true
+          ${pkgs.kmod}/sbin/insmod ${pkgs.linux}/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/nls/nls_iso8859-1.ko.xz || true
+          ${pkgs.kmod}/sbin/insmod ${pkgs.linux}/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/fat/fat.ko.xz || true
+          ${pkgs.kmod}/sbin/insmod ${pkgs.linux}/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/fat/vfat.ko.xz || true
+          ${pkgs.kmod}/sbin/insmod ${pkgs.linux}/lib/modules/*/kernel/fs/efivarfs/efivarfs.ko.xz || true
           mkdir /boot
           mount /dev/vda2 /boot
 
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
index e670e1ef2258..2d33a1973469 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
@@ -329,14 +329,14 @@ rec {
       buildInputs = [ utillinux ];
       buildCommand = ''
         ln -s ${linux}/lib /lib
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe loop
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe ext4
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe hfs
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe hfsplus
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe squashfs
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe iso9660
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe ufs
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe cramfs
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe loop
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe ext4
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe hfs
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe hfsplus
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe squashfs
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe iso9660
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe ufs
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe cramfs
         mknod /dev/loop0 b 7 0
 
         mkdir -p $out
@@ -355,12 +355,12 @@ rec {
       buildInputs = [ utillinux mtdutils ];
       buildCommand = ''
         ln -s ${linux}/lib /lib
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe mtd
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe mtdram total_size=131072
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe mtdchar
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe mtdblock
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe jffs2
-        ${module_init_tools}/bin/modprobe zlib
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe mtd
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe mtdram total_size=131072
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe mtdchar
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe mtdblock
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe jffs2
+        ${kmod}/bin/modprobe zlib
         mknod /dev/mtd0 c 90 0
         mknod /dev/mtdblock0 b 31 0
 
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ded6e77e43b4..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, docbook2x, docbook_sgml_dtd_41 }:
-
-assert (stdenv.lib.elem stdenv.system stdenv.lib.platforms.linux);
-
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "module-init-tools-3.16";
-
-  src = [
-    (fetchurl {
-      url = http://ftp.be.debian.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-3.16.tar.bz2;
-      sha256 = "0jxnz9ahfic79rp93l5wxcbgh4pkv85mwnjlbv1gz3jawv5cvwp1";
-    })
-
-    # Upstream forgot to include the generated manpages.  Thankfully
-    # the Gentoo people fixed this for us :-)
-    (fetchurl {
-      urls = [
-        mirror://gentoo/distfiles/module-init-tools-3.16-man.tar.bz2
-        http://mirror.meleeweb.net/pub/linux/gentoo/distfiles/module-init-tools-3.16-man.tar.bz2
-      ];
-      sha256 = "1j1nzi87kgsh4scl645fhwhjvljxj83cmdasa4n4p5krhasgw358";
-    })
-  ];
-
-  buildInputs = [ stdenv.glibc.dev stdenv.glibc.static ];
-
-  SGML_CATALOG_FILES = "${docbook_sgml_dtd_41}/sgml/dtd/docbook-4.1/docbook.cat";
-
-  patches = [ ./module-dir.patch ./docbook2man.patch ];
-
-  postInstall = "rm $out/sbin/insmod.static"; # don't need it
-
-  meta = {
-    homepage = http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/;
-    description = "Tools for loading and managing Linux kernel modules";
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/docbook2man.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/docbook2man.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4de07b658a91..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/docbook2man.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -Naur module-init-tools-3.16-orig/Makefile.in module-init-tools-3.16/Makefile.in
---- module-init-tools-3.16-orig/Makefile.in	2011-06-02 13:56:45.000000000 -0400
-+++ module-init-tools-3.16/Makefile.in	2011-10-01 23:59:30.584443193 -0400
-@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
- CYGPATH_W = @CYGPATH_W@
- DEFS = @DEFS@
- DEPDIR = @DEPDIR@
--DOCBOOKTOMAN = @DOCBOOKTOMAN@
-+DOCBOOKTOMAN = @DOCBOOKTOMAN@ --sgml
- ECHO_C = @ECHO_C@
- ECHO_N = @ECHO_N@
- ECHO_T = @ECHO_T@
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/module-dir.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/module-dir.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 95c7559604dd..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/module-dir.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-commit cf2c95edb7918bc658f6cae93793c1949fc9cb6e
-Author: David Guibert <david.guibert@gmail.com>
-Date:   Fri Aug 5 14:20:12 2011 +0200
-
-    introduce module-dir
-
-diff --git a/depmod.c b/depmod.c
-index a1d2f8c..9362a35 100644
---- a/depmod.c
-+++ b/depmod.c
-@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@
- 
- #include "testing.h"
- 
--#ifndef MODULE_DIR
--#define MODULE_DIR "/lib/modules/"
--#endif
- 
- #ifndef MODULE_BUILTIN_KEY
- #define MODULE_BUILTIN_KEY "built-in"
-@@ -1516,6 +1513,7 @@ static int parse_config_file(const char *filename,
- 	char *line;
- 	unsigned int linenum = 0;
- 	FILE *cfile;
-+ 	char *module_dir;
- 
- 	cfile = fopen(filename, "r");
- 	if (!cfile) {
-@@ -1525,6 +1523,10 @@ static int parse_config_file(const char *filename,
- 		return 0;
- 	}
- 
-+        if((module_dir = getenv("MODULE_DIR")) == NULL) {
-+                module_dir = "/lib/modules/";
-+        }
-+
- 	while ((line = getline_wrapped(cfile, &linenum)) != NULL) {
- 		char *ptr = line;
- 		char *cmd, *modname;
-@@ -1550,7 +1552,7 @@ static int parse_config_file(const char *filename,
- 					continue;
- 				}
- 				nofail_asprintf(&dirname, "%s%s%s/%s", basedir,
--					MODULE_DIR, kernelversion, search_path);
-+					module_dir, kernelversion, search_path);
- 				len = strlen(dirname);
- 				*search = add_search(dirname, len, *search);
- 				free(dirname);
-@@ -1565,7 +1567,7 @@ static int parse_config_file(const char *filename,
- 				continue;
- 
- 			nofail_asprintf(&pathname, "%s%s%s/%s/%s.ko", basedir,
--				MODULE_DIR, kernelversion, subdir, modname);
-+				module_dir, kernelversion, subdir, modname);
- 
- 			*overrides = add_override(pathname, *overrides);
- 			free(pathname);
-@@ -1737,6 +1739,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 	char *basedir = "", *dirname, *version;
- 	char *system_map = NULL, *module_symvers = NULL;
- 	int i;
-+ 	char *module_dir;
- 	const char *config = NULL;
- 
- 	if (native_endianness() == 0)
-@@ -1832,7 +1835,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 	if (optind == argc)
- 		all = 1;
- 
--	nofail_asprintf(&dirname, "%s%s%s", basedir, MODULE_DIR, version);
-+        if((module_dir = getenv("MODULE_DIR")) == NULL) {
-+                module_dir = "/lib/modules/";
-+        }
-+
-+	nofail_asprintf(&dirname, "%s%s%s", basedir, module_dir, version);
- 
- 	if (maybe_all) {
- 		if (!doing_stdout && !depfile_out_of_date(dirname))
-@@ -1850,7 +1857,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 		size_t len;
- 
- 		nofail_asprintf(&dirname, "%s%s%s/updates", basedir,
--				MODULE_DIR, version);
-+				module_dir, version);
- 		len = strlen(dirname);
- 		search = add_search(dirname, len, search);
- 	}
-diff --git a/modinfo.c b/modinfo.c
-index 1dd8469..67b1041 100644
---- a/modinfo.c
-+++ b/modinfo.c
-@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
- #include "zlibsupport.h"
- #include "testing.h"
- 
--#ifndef MODULE_DIR
--#define MODULE_DIR "/lib/modules"
--#endif
- 
- struct param
- {
-@@ -193,6 +190,11 @@ static struct elf_file *grab_module(const char *name,
- 	struct utsname buf;
- 	char *depname, *p, *moddir;
- 	struct elf_file *module;
-+ 	char *module_dir;
-+
-+        if((module_dir = getenv("MODULE_DIR")) == NULL) {
-+                module_dir = "/lib/modules/";
-+        }
- 
- 	if (strchr(name, '.') || strchr(name, '/')) {
- 		module = grab_elf_file(name);
-@@ -207,9 +209,9 @@ static struct elf_file *grab_module(const char *name,
- 		kernel = buf.release;
- 	}
- 	if (strlen(basedir))
--		nofail_asprintf(&moddir, "%s/%s/%s", basedir, MODULE_DIR, kernel);
-+		nofail_asprintf(&moddir, "%s/%s/%s", basedir, module_dir, kernel);
- 	else
--		nofail_asprintf(&moddir, "%s/%s", MODULE_DIR, kernel);
-+		nofail_asprintf(&moddir, "%s/%s", module_dir, kernel);
- 
- 	/* Search for it in modules.dep. */
- 	nofail_asprintf(&depname, "%s/%s", moddir, "modules.dep");
-diff --git a/modprobe.c b/modprobe.c
-index 5464f45..d9fbf9d 100644
---- a/modprobe.c
-+++ b/modprobe.c
-@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ typedef enum
- 
- } modprobe_flags_t;
- 
--#ifndef MODULE_DIR
--#define MODULE_DIR "/lib/modules"
--#endif
--
- /**
-  * print_usage - output the prefered program usage
-  *
-@@ -2136,6 +2132,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 	struct modprobe_conf conf = {};
- 
- 	recursion_depth = 0;
-+ 	char *module_dir = NULL;
- 
- 	/* Prepend options from environment. */
- 	argv = merge_args(getenv("MODPROBE_OPTIONS"), argv, &argc);
-@@ -2233,7 +2230,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 	if (argc < optind + 1 && !dump_config && !list_only)
- 		print_usage(argv[0]);
- 
--	nofail_asprintf(&dirname, "%s%s/%s", basedir, MODULE_DIR, buf.release);
-+	if((module_dir = getenv("MODULE_DIR")) == NULL) {
-+		module_dir = "/lib/modules";
-+	}
-+
-+	nofail_asprintf(&dirname, "%s%s/%s", basedir, module_dir, buf.release);
- 
- 	/* Old-style -t xxx wildcard?  Only with -l. */
- 	if (list_only) {
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pcmciautils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pcmciautils/default.nix
index ce5814965efd..3e41df9465f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pcmciautils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pcmciautils/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl
 , yacc, flex
-, sysfsutils, module_init_tools, udev
+, sysfsutils, kmod, udev
 , firmware # Special pcmcia cards.
 , config   # Special hardware (map memory & port & irq)
 , lib      # used to generate postInstall script.
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "5d8e2efad8a7f692129610603da232f2144851753d8d49a70eeb8eb1be6f6bc3";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [udev yacc sysfsutils module_init_tools flex];
+  buildInputs = [udev yacc sysfsutils kmod flex];
 
   patchPhase = ''
     sed -i "
-      s,/sbin/modprobe,${module_init_tools}&,;
+      s,/sbin/modprobe,${kmod}&,;
       s,/lib/udev/,$out/sbin/,;
     " udev/* # fix-color */
     sed -i "
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pm-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pm-utils/default.nix
index 19315ec2d0ba..cb74dc204a3c 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pm-utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/pm-utils/default.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils, gnugrep, utillinux, module_init_tools
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, coreutils, gnugrep, utillinux, kmod
 , procps, kbd, dbus_tools }:
 
 let
 
   binPath = stdenv.lib.makeBinPath
-    [ coreutils gnugrep utillinux module_init_tools procps kbd dbus_tools ];
+    [ coreutils gnugrep utillinux kmod procps kbd dbus_tools ];
 
   sbinPath = stdenv.lib.makeSearchPathOutputs "sbin" ["bin"]
     [ procps ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/bumblebee/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/bumblebee/default.nix
index d1f2318d6d45..803fd0dd8504 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/bumblebee/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/bumblebee/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 { stdenv, lib, fetchurl, pkgconfig, help2man, makeWrapper
 , glib, libbsd
-, libX11, libXext, xorgserver, xkbcomp, module_init_tools, xkeyboard_config, xf86videonouveau
+, libX11, libXext, xorgserver, xkbcomp, kmod, xkeyboard_config, xf86videonouveau
 , nvidia_x11, virtualgl, primusLib
 # The below should only be non-null in a x86_64 system. On a i686
 # system the above nvidia_x11 and virtualgl will be the i686 packages.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ let
 
   nvidiaLibs = lib.makeLibraryPath nvidia_x11s;
 
-  bbdPath = lib.makeBinPath [ module_init_tools xorgserver ];
+  bbdPath = lib.makeBinPath [ kmod xorgserver ];
   bbdLibs = lib.makeLibraryPath [ libX11 libXext ];
 
   xmodules = lib.concatStringsSep "," (map (x: "${x}/lib/xorg/modules") ([ xorgserver ] ++ lib.optional (!useNvidia) xf86videonouveau));
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     # be in PATH, and thus no action for them is required.
 
     substituteInPlace src/module.c \
-      --replace "/sbin/modinfo" "${module_init_tools}/sbin/modinfo"
+      --replace "/sbin/modinfo" "${kmod}/sbin/modinfo"
 
     # Don't use a special group, just reuse wheel.
     substituteInPlace configure \
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/tlp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/tlp/default.nix
index e20dc850008a..d290c9f9a5a7 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/tlp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/tlp/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, lib, fetchFromGitHub, makeWrapper, perl, systemd, iw, rfkill, hdparm, ethtool, inetutils
-, module_init_tools, pciutils, smartmontools, x86_energy_perf_policy, gawk, gnugrep, coreutils
+, kmod, pciutils, smartmontools, x86_energy_perf_policy, gawk, gnugrep, coreutils
 , enableRDW ? false, networkmanager
 }:
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ perl ];
 
   paths = lib.makeBinPath
-          ([ iw rfkill hdparm ethtool inetutils systemd module_init_tools pciutils smartmontools
+          ([ iw rfkill hdparm ethtool inetutils systemd kmod pciutils smartmontools
              x86_energy_perf_policy gawk gnugrep coreutils
            ]
            ++ lib.optional enableRDW networkmanager
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/openconnect.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/openconnect.nix
index 0009aaf6b440..6a93100fa105 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/openconnect.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/openconnect.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, openconnect, intltool, pkgconfig, networkmanager, libsecret
-, withGnome ? true, gnome3, procps, module_init_tools }:
+, withGnome ? true, gnome3, procps, kmod }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${pname}${if withGnome then "-gnome" else ""}-${version}";
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
        --replace "/sbin/sysctl" "${procps}/sbin/sysctl"
      substituteInPlace "src/nm-openconnect-service.c" \
        --replace "/usr/sbin/openconnect" "${openconnect}/sbin/openconnect" \
-       --replace "/sbin/modprobe" "${module_init_tools}/sbin/modprobe"
+       --replace "/sbin/modprobe" "${kmod}/sbin/modprobe"
   '';
 
   postConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/openvpn.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/openvpn.nix
index be0264571953..4b98600611e4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/openvpn.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/openvpn.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, openvpn, intltool, pkgconfig, networkmanager, libsecret
-, withGnome ? true, gnome3, procps, module_init_tools }:
+, withGnome ? true, gnome3, procps, kmod }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${pname}${if withGnome then "-gnome" else ""}-${version}";
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
        --replace "/sbin/sysctl" "${procps}/sbin/sysctl"
      substituteInPlace "src/nm-openvpn-service.c" \
        --replace "/sbin/openvpn" "${openvpn}/sbin/openvpn" \
-       --replace "/sbin/modprobe" "${module_init_tools}/sbin/modprobe"
+       --replace "/sbin/modprobe" "${kmod}/sbin/modprobe"
      substituteInPlace "properties/auth-helpers.c" \
        --replace "/sbin/openvpn" "${openvpn}/sbin/openvpn"
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/vpnc.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/vpnc.nix
index 5f3ab00ebc43..64de5408c7e0 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/vpnc.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/network-manager/vpnc.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, vpnc, intltool, pkgconfig, networkmanager, libsecret
-, withGnome ? true, gnome3, procps, module_init_tools }:
+, withGnome ? true, gnome3, procps, kmod }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "${pname}${if withGnome then "-gnome" else ""}-${version}";
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
        --replace "/sbin/sysctl" "${procps}/sbin/sysctl"
      substituteInPlace "src/nm-vpnc-service.c" \
        --replace "/sbin/vpnc" "${vpnc}/sbin/vpnc" \
-       --replace "/sbin/modprobe" "${module_init_tools}/sbin/modprobe"
+       --replace "/sbin/modprobe" "${kmod}/sbin/modprobe"
   '';
 
   postConfigure = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index 23e05eb6c9e4..40083d8bf4f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ doNotDisplayTwice rec {
   manpages = man-pages; # added 2015-12-06
   midoriWrapper = midori; # added 2015-01
   mlt-qt5 = qt5.mlt;  # added 2015-12-19
+  module_init_tools = kmod; # added 2016-04-22
   mssys = ms-sys; # added 2015-12-13
   multipath_tools = multipath-tools;  # added 2016-01-21
   mupen64plus1_5 = mupen64plus; # added 2016-02-12
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index a959341fe354..12b4bef847ea 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10885,8 +10885,6 @@ in
 
   mmc-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/mmc-utils { };
 
-  module_init_tools = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/module-init-tools { };
-
   aggregateModules = modules:
     callPackage ../os-specific/linux/kmod/aggregator.nix {
       inherit modules;
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
index bd2223b4b04b..0ccb160e4f68 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-small.nix
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ with import ./release-lib.nix { inherit supportedSystems; };
   mingetty = linux;
   mk = linux;
   mktemp = all;
-  module_init_tools = linux;
   mono = linux;
   monotone = linux;
   mpg321 = linux;