diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix-linux/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix-linux/default.fix
index 9c4490847a0b..305a90818695 100644
--- a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix-linux/default.fix
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix-linux/default.fix
@@ -3,19 +3,7 @@
   system = bootStdenv.system;
   prehook = ./prehook.sh;
   posthook = ./posthook.sh;
-  initialPath = [
-    pkgs.coreutils
-    pkgs.findutils
-    pkgs.diffutils
-    pkgs.gnused
-    pkgs.gnugrep
-    pkgs.gawk
-    pkgs.gnutar
-    pkgs.gzip
-    pkgs.binutils
-    pkgs.gnumake
-    pkgs.gcc
-  ];
+  initialPath = (import ../nix/path.fix) {pkgs = pkgs};
   param1 = pkgs.bash;
   param2 = pkgs.gcc;
   param3 = pkgs.binutils;
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/default.fix
index f06dd332570d..e7f343d375f5 100644
--- a/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/default.fix
+++ b/pkgs-ng/stdenv/nix/default.fix
@@ -3,19 +3,7 @@
   system = bootStdenv.system;
   prehook = ./prehook.sh;
   posthook = ./posthook.sh;
-  initialPath = [
-    pkgs.coreutils
-    pkgs.findutils
-    pkgs.diffutils
-    pkgs.gnused
-    pkgs.gnugrep
-    pkgs.gawk
-    pkgs.gnutar
-    pkgs.gzip
-    pkgs.binutils
-    pkgs.gnumake
-    pkgs.gcc
-  ];
+  initialPath = (import ./path.fix) {pkgs = pkgs};
   param1 = pkgs.bash;
   param2 = pkgs.gcc;
   param3 = pkgs.binutils;
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages-generic.fix b/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages-generic.fix
index 64e9fb3109cd..85186e973254 100644
--- a/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages-generic.fix
+++ b/pkgs-ng/system/all-packages-generic.fix
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 {system, stdenv}: rec {
 
-  subversion = "./xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/y/z/a/b/c/d/e/ffffffffffffffffffffff";
-
   ### BUILD SUPPORT
 
   fetchurl = (import ../build-support/fetchurl) {
@@ -115,7 +113,7 @@
 
 ### APPLICATIONS
 
-/*  subversion = (import ../applications/version-management/subversion) {
+  subversion = (import ../applications/version-management/subversion) {
     fetchurl = fetchurl;
     stdenv = stdenv;
     localServer = false;
@@ -128,6 +126,6 @@
     libxml2 = "";
     expat = "";
     swig = "";
-  }; */
+  };
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/system/user-environment.fix b/pkgs-ng/system/user-environment.fix
index 8e93fcd0bb46..942d0a4fefad 100644
--- a/pkgs-ng/system/user-environment.fix
+++ b/pkgs-ng/system/user-environment.fix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   # management user interface.
   selectedPkgs = [
     pkgs.aterm
+#    pkgs.subversion
   ];
 
   # Create a user environment.
diff --git a/pkgs-ng/tools/compression/bzip2/default.fix b/pkgs-ng/tools/compression/bzip2/default.fix
index f49e057f7074..1684edd1659f 100644
--- a/pkgs-ng/tools/compression/bzip2/default.fix
+++ b/pkgs-ng/tools/compression/bzip2/default.fix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation
-  { name = "bzip2-1.0.2"
-  , system = stdenv.system
-  , builder = ./builder.sh
-  , src = fetchurl
-      { url = ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/bzip2/v102/bzip2-1.0.2.tar.gz
-      , md5 = "ee76864958d568677f03db8afad92beb"
-      }
-  , stdenv = stdenv
-  }
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation {
+  name = "bzip2-1.0.2";
+  system = stdenv.system;
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/bzip2/v102/bzip2-1.0.2.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "ee76864958d568677f03db8afad92beb";
+  };
+  stdenv = stdenv;
+}