diff --git a/lib/generators.nix b/lib/generators.nix
index 143329815837..073bb6982e14 100644
--- a/lib/generators.nix
+++ b/lib/generators.nix
@@ -173,54 +173,53 @@ rec {
                        fna);
       in if fna == {}    then "<λ>"
                          else "<λ:{${showFnas}}>"
-    else abort "toPretty: should never happen (v = ${v})";
+    else abort "generators.toPretty: should never happen (v = ${v})";
 
   # PLIST handling
-  toPLIST = {}: v: let
-    pprExpr = ind: x: with builtins;
+  toPlist = {}: v: let
+    expr = ind: x: with builtins;
       if isNull x then "" else
-      if isBool x then pprBool ind x else
-      if isInt x then pprInt ind x else
-      if isString x then pprStr ind x else
-      if isList x then pprList ind x else
-      if isAttrs x then pprAttrs ind x else
-      abort "pprExpr: should never happen (v = ${v})";
+      if isBool x then bool ind x else
+      if isInt x then int ind x else
+      if isString x then str ind x else
+      if isList x then list ind x else
+      if isAttrs x then attrs ind x else
+      abort "generators.toPlist: should never happen (v = ${v})";
 
-    pprLiteral = ind: x: ind + x;
+    literal = ind: x: ind + x;
 
-    pprBool = ind: x: pprLiteral ind  (if x then "<true/>" else "<false/>");
-    pprInt = ind: x: pprLiteral ind "<integer>${toString x}</integer>";
-    pprStr = ind: x: pprLiteral ind "<string>${x}</string>";
-    pprKey = ind: x: pprLiteral ind "<key>${x}</key>";
+    bool = ind: x: literal ind  (if x then "<true/>" else "<false/>");
+    int = ind: x: literal ind "<integer>${toString x}</integer>";
+    str = ind: x: literal ind "<string>${x}</string>";
+    key = ind: x: literal ind "<key>${x}</key>";
 
-    pprIndent = ind: pprExpr "\t${ind}";
+    indent = ind: expr "\t${ind}";
 
-    pprItem = ind: libStr.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (pprIndent ind);
+    item = ind: libStr.concatMapStringsSep "\n" (indent ind);
 
-    pprList = ind: x: libStr.concatStringsSep "\n" [
-      (pprLiteral ind "<array>")
-      (pprItem ind x)
-      (pprLiteral ind "</array>")
+    list = ind: x: libStr.concatStringsSep "\n" [
+      (literal ind "<array>")
+      (item ind x)
+      (literal ind "</array>")
     ];
 
-    pprAttrs = ind: x: libStr.concatStringsSep "\n" [
-      (pprLiteral ind "<dict>")
-      (pprAttr ind x)
-      (pprLiteral ind "</dict>")
+    attrs = ind: x: libStr.concatStringsSep "\n" [
+      (literal ind "<dict>")
+      (attr ind x)
+      (literal ind "</dict>")
     ];
 
-    pprAttr = let attrFilter = name: value: name != "_module" && value != null;
+    attr = let attrFilter = name: value: name != "_module" && value != null;
     in ind: x: libStr.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.flatten (lib.mapAttrsToList
       (name: value: lib.optional (attrFilter name value) [
-      (pprKey "\t${ind}" name)
-      (pprExpr "\t${ind}" value)
+      (key "\t${ind}" name)
+      (expr "\t${ind}" value)
     ]) x));
 
-  in ''
-    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-    <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-    <plist version="1.0">
-  ${pprExpr "" v}
-    </plist>'';
+  in ''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+${expr "" v}
+</plist>'';
 
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/platform.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/platform.nix
index 502c3bcdbc87..bb91df474aae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/platform.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/platform.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 let
 
-  inherit (lib.generators) toPLIST;
+  inherit (lib.generators) toPlist;
 
   Info = {
     CFBundleIdentifier = platformName;
@@ -286,11 +286,11 @@ let
 in
 
 runCommand "MacOSX.platform" {} ''
-  install -D ${writeText "Info.plist" (toPLIST {} Info)} $out/Info.plist
-  install -D ${writeText "version.plist" (toPLIST {} Version)} $out/version.plist
-  install -D ${writeText "Architectures.xcspec" (toPLIST {} Architectures)} $out/Developer/Library/Xcode/Specifications/Architectures.xcspec
-  install -D ${writeText "PackageTypes.xcspec" (toPLIST {} PackageTypes)} $out/Developer/Library/Xcode/Specifications/PackageTypes.xcspec
-  install -D ${writeText "ProductTypes.xcspec" (toPLIST {} ProductTypes)} $out/Developer/Library/Xcode/Specifications/ProductTypes.xcspec
+  install -D ${writeText "Info.plist" (toPlist {} Info)} $out/Info.plist
+  install -D ${writeText "version.plist" (toPlist {} Version)} $out/version.plist
+  install -D ${writeText "Architectures.xcspec" (toPlist {} Architectures)} $out/Developer/Library/Xcode/Specifications/Architectures.xcspec
+  install -D ${writeText "PackageTypes.xcspec" (toPlist {} PackageTypes)} $out/Developer/Library/Xcode/Specifications/PackageTypes.xcspec
+  install -D ${writeText "ProductTypes.xcspec" (toPlist {} ProductTypes)} $out/Developer/Library/Xcode/Specifications/ProductTypes.xcspec
 
   mkdir -p $out/Developer/SDKs/
   cd $out/Developer/SDKs/
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/sdk.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/sdk.nix
index 5fdfe5877228..c97d17d739ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/sdk.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/sdk.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { runCommand, lib, toolchainName, sdkName, writeText }:
 
 let
-  inherit (lib.generators) toPLIST;
+  inherit (lib.generators) toPlist;
 
   # TODO: expose MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET in nix so we can use it here.
   version = "10.10";
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ in
 runCommand "MacOSX${version}.sdk" {
   inherit version;
 } ''
-  install -D ${writeText "SDKSettings.plist" (toPLIST {} SDKSettings)} $out/SDKSettings.plist
-  install -D ${writeText "SystemVersion.plist" (toPLIST {} SystemVersion)} $out/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist
+  install -D ${writeText "SDKSettings.plist" (toPlist {} SDKSettings)} $out/SDKSettings.plist
+  install -D ${writeText "SystemVersion.plist" (toPlist {} SystemVersion)} $out/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist
 ''
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/toolchain.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/toolchain.nix
index ed5730abddf6..51bc5d60bcfe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/toolchain.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/xcbuild/toolchain.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 let
 
   inherit (lib) getBin optionalString;
-  inherit (lib.generators) toPLIST;
+  inherit (lib.generators) toPlist;
 
   ToolchainInfo = {
     Identifier = toolchainName;
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ runCommand "nixpkgs.xctoolchain" {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ makeWrapper ];
 } (''
   mkdir -p $out
-  install -D ${writeText "ToolchainInfo.plist" (toPLIST {} ToolchainInfo)} $out/ToolchainInfo.plist
+  install -D ${writeText "ToolchainInfo.plist" (toPlist {} ToolchainInfo)} $out/ToolchainInfo.plist
 
   mkdir -p $out/usr/include
   mkdir -p $out/usr/lib