diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
index 38e6f8072776..9f2886895689 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/release-lib.nix
@@ -7,13 +7,33 @@
 
 let
   lib = import ../../lib;
-in with lib;
 
-rec {
-
-  pkgs = packageSet (lib.recursiveUpdate { system = "x86_64-linux"; config.allowUnsupportedSystem = true; } nixpkgsArgs);
-  inherit lib;
+  inherit (lib)
+    addMetaAttrs
+    any
+    derivations
+    filter
+    flip
+    genAttrs
+    getAttrFromPath
+    hydraJob
+    id
+    isDerivation
+    lists
+    maintainers
+    mapAttrs
+    mapAttrs'
+    mapAttrsRecursive
+    matchAttrs
+    meta
+    nameValuePair
+    platforms
+    recursiveUpdate
+    subtractLists
+    systems
+    ;
 
+  pkgs = packageSet (recursiveUpdate { system = "x86_64-linux"; config.allowUnsupportedSystem = true; } nixpkgsArgs);
 
   hydraJob' = if scrubJobs then hydraJob else id;
 
@@ -57,8 +77,8 @@ rec {
 
   # More poor man's memoisation
   pkgsForCross = let
-    examplesByConfig = lib.flip lib.mapAttrs'
-      lib.systems.examples
+    examplesByConfig = flip mapAttrs'
+      systems.examples
       (_: crossSystem: nameValuePair crossSystem.config {
         inherit crossSystem;
         pkgsFor = mkPkgsFor crossSystem;
@@ -68,7 +88,7 @@ rec {
     candidate = examplesByConfig.${crossSystem.config} or null;
   in if crossSystem == null
       then native
-    else if candidate != null && lib.matchAttrs crossSystem candidate.crossSystem
+    else if candidate != null && matchAttrs crossSystem candidate.crossSystem
       then candidate.pkgsFor
     else mkPkgsFor crossSystem; # uncached fallback
 
@@ -80,12 +100,12 @@ rec {
   # This is written in a funny way so that we only elaborate the systems once.
   supportedMatches = let
       supportedPlatforms = map
-        (system: lib.systems.elaborate { inherit system; })
+        (system: systems.elaborate { inherit system; })
         supportedSystems;
     in metaPatterns: let
       anyMatch = platform:
-        lib.any (lib.meta.platformMatch platform) metaPatterns;
-      matchingPlatforms = lib.filter anyMatch supportedPlatforms;
+        any (meta.platformMatch platform) metaPatterns;
+      matchingPlatforms = filter anyMatch supportedPlatforms;
     in map ({ system, ...}: system) matchingPlatforms;
 
 
@@ -135,7 +155,6 @@ rec {
     (path: metaPatterns: testOnCross crossSystem metaPatterns
       (pkgs: f (getAttrFromPath path pkgs)));
 
-
   /* Similar to the testOn function, but with an additional 'crossSystem'
    * parameter for packageSet', defining the target platform for cross builds,
    * and triggering the build of the host derivation. */
@@ -148,7 +167,7 @@ rec {
   packagePlatforms = mapAttrs (name: value:
       if isDerivation value then
         value.meta.hydraPlatforms
-          or (lib.subtractLists (value.meta.badPlatforms or [])
+          or (subtractLists (value.meta.badPlatforms or [])
                (value.meta.platforms or [ "x86_64-linux" ]))
       else if value.recurseForDerivations or false || value.recurseForRelease or false then
         packagePlatforms value
@@ -156,8 +175,24 @@ rec {
         []
     );
 
-
+in {
   /* Common platform groups on which to test packages. */
   inherit (platforms) unix linux darwin cygwin all mesaPlatforms;
 
+  inherit
+    assertTrue
+    forAllSystems
+    forMatchingSystems
+    hydraJob'
+    lib
+    mapTestOn
+    mapTestOnCross
+    packagePlatforms
+    pkgs
+    pkgsFor
+    pkgsForCross
+    supportedMatches
+    testOn
+    testOnCross
+    ;
 }