diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 6c6e0a75..2af75209 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -40,15 +40,19 @@
         inherit extern overrides;
       };
 
+      suites = os.mkSuites {
+        suites = import ./suites;
+        users = os.mkProfileAttrs "${self}/users";
+        profiles = os.mkProfileAttrs "${self}/profiles";
+        userProfiles = os.mkProfileAttrs "${self}/users/profiles";
+      };
+
       outputs = {
-        nixosConfigurations =
-          import ./hosts (nixos.lib.recursiveUpdate inputs {
-            inherit multiPkgs extern;
-            defaultSystem = "x86_64-linux";
-            lib = nixos.lib.extend (final: prev: {
-              dev = self.lib;
-            });
-          });
+        nixosConfigurations = os.mkHosts {
+          dir = "${self}/hosts";
+          overrides = import ./overrides;
+          inherit multiPkgs suites extern;
+        };
 
         homeConfigurations = os.mkHomeConfigurations;
 
diff --git a/lib/devos/default.nix b/lib/devos/default.nix
index bf109ba3..e580ef00 100644
--- a/lib/devos/default.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 
   mkNodes = dev.callLibs ./mkNodes.nix;
 
+  mkHosts = dev.callLibs ./mkHosts.nix;
+
+  mkSuites = dev.callLibs ./mkSuites.nix;
+
   mkProfileAttrs = dev.callLibs ./mkProfileAttrs.nix;
 
   mkPkgs = dev.callLibs ./mkPkgs.nix;
diff --git a/lib/devos/devosSystem.nix b/lib/devos/devosSystem.nix
index 99c217b3..b0f53fd8 100644
--- a/lib/devos/devosSystem.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/devosSystem.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ lib.nixosSystem (args // {
             ({ config, suites, ... }: {
 
               # avoid unwanted systemd service startups
-              disabledModules = lib.remove modules.core suites.allProfiles;
+              # all strings in disabledModules get appended to modulesPath
+              # so convert each to list which can be coerced to string
+              disabledModules = map (x: [ x ])
+                (lib.remove modules.core suites.allProfiles);
 
               nix.registry = lib.mapAttrs (n: v: { flake = v; }) inputs;
 
diff --git a/hosts/default.nix b/lib/devos/mkHosts.nix
similarity index 85%
rename from hosts/default.nix
rename to lib/devos/mkHosts.nix
index 2a874e86..1d1bfce0 100644
--- a/hosts/default.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/mkHosts.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
-{ extern
-, home
-, lib
-, nixos
-, override
-, multiPkgs
-, self
-, defaultSystem
-, ...
-}:
-let
-  inherit (lib) dev;
+{ lib, dev, nixos, inputs, self, ... }:
 
-  suites = import ../suites { inherit lib; };
+{ dir, extern, suites, overrides, multiPkgs, ... }:
+let
+  defaultSystem = "x86_64-linux";
 
   experimentalFeatures = [
     "flakes"
@@ -21,10 +12,9 @@ let
   ];
 
   modules = {
-    core = ../profiles/core;
+    core = "${self}/profiles/core";
     modOverrides = { config, overrideModulesPath, ... }:
       let
-        overrides = import ../overrides;
         inherit (overrides) modules disabledModules;
       in
       {
@@ -48,7 +38,7 @@ let
       nix.nixPath = [
         "nixpkgs=${nixos}"
         "nixos-config=${self}/compat/nixos"
-        "home-manager=${home}"
+        "home-manager=${inputs.home}"
       ];
 
       nixpkgs.pkgs = lib.mkDefault multiPkgs.${config.nixpkgs.system};
@@ -56,7 +46,7 @@ let
       nix.registry = {
         devos.flake = self;
         nixos.flake = nixos;
-        override.flake = override;
+        override.flake = inputs.override;
       };
 
       nix.extraOptions = ''
@@ -71,7 +61,7 @@ let
     # Everything in `./modules/list.nix`.
     flakeModules = { imports = builtins.attrValues self.nixosModules ++ extern.modules; };
 
-    cachix = ../cachix.nix;
+    cachix = ../../cachix.nix;
   };
 
   specialArgs = extern.specialArgs // { suites = suites.system; };
@@ -80,7 +70,7 @@ let
     let
       local = {
         require = [
-          "${toString ./.}/${hostName}.nix"
+          "${dir}/${hostName}.nix"
         ];
 
         networking = { inherit hostName; };
@@ -106,7 +96,7 @@ let
 
   hosts = dev.os.recImport
     {
-      dir = ./.;
+      inherit dir;
       _import = mkHostConfig;
     };
 in
diff --git a/lib/devos/mkProfileAttrs.nix b/lib/devos/mkProfileAttrs.nix
index b502629b..214df261 100644
--- a/lib/devos/mkProfileAttrs.nix
+++ b/lib/devos/mkProfileAttrs.nix
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ let mkProfileAttrs =
     f = n: _:
       lib.optionalAttrs
         (lib.pathExists "${dir}/${n}/default.nix")
-        { default = /. + "${dir}/${n}"; }
+        { default = "${dir}/${n}"; }
       // mkProfileAttrs "${dir}/${n}";
   in
   lib.mapAttrs f imports;
diff --git a/lib/devos/mkSuites.nix b/lib/devos/mkSuites.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3a32944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/devos/mkSuites.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ lib, dev, ... }:
+
+{ users, profiles, userProfiles, suites } @ args:
+let
+  inherit (dev) os;
+
+  definedSuites = suites {
+    inherit (args) users profiles userProfiles;
+  };
+
+  allProfiles =
+    let defaults = lib.collect (x: x ? default) profiles;
+    in map (x: x.default) defaults;
+
+  allUsers =
+    let defaults = lib.collect (x: x ? default) users;
+    in map (x: x.default) defaults;
+
+  createSuites = _: suites: lib.mapAttrs (_: v: os.profileMap v) suites // {
+    inherit allProfiles allUsers;
+  };
+
+in
+lib.mapAttrs createSuites definedSuites
diff --git a/suites/default.nix b/suites/default.nix
index e1b7d668..4a65b55d 100644
--- a/suites/default.nix
+++ b/suites/default.nix
@@ -1,35 +1,10 @@
-{ lib }:
-let
-  inherit (lib) dev;
+{ users, profiles, userProfiles, ... }:
 
-  profiles = dev.os.mkProfileAttrs (toString ../profiles);
-  userProfiles = dev.os.mkProfileAttrs (toString ../users/profiles);
-  users = dev.os.mkProfileAttrs (toString ../users);
-
-  allProfiles =
-    let defaults = lib.collect (x: x ? default) profiles;
-    in map (x: x.default) defaults;
-
-  allUsers =
-    let defaults = lib.collect (x: x ? default) users;
-    in map (x: x.default) defaults;
-
-
-  suites = with profiles; rec {
+{
+  system = with profiles; rec {
     base = [ users.nixos users.root ];
   };
-
-  # available as 'suites' within the home-manager configuration
-  userSuites = with userProfiles; rec {
+  user = with userProfiles; rec {
     base = [ direnv git ];
   };
-
-in
-{
-  system = lib.mapAttrs (_: v: dev.os.profileMap v) suites // {
-    inherit allProfiles allUsers;
-  };
-  user = lib.mapAttrs (_: v: dev.os.profileMap v) userSuites // {
-    allProfiles = userProfiles;
-  };
 }
diff --git a/tests/lib.nix b/tests/lib.nix
index 65559f8d..3b181ccb 100644
--- a/tests/lib.nix
+++ b/tests/lib.nix
@@ -66,4 +66,24 @@ lib.runTests {
     (rgxToString "a?" "a" == "a")
     (rgxToString "hat" "foohatbar" == "hat")
   ];
+
+  testSuites =
+    let
+      profiles = os.mkProfileAttrs (toString ./profiles);
+      users = "";
+      userProfiles = "";
+      suites = { profiles, ... }: {
+        system.bar = [ profiles.foo ];
+      };
+    in
+    {
+      expr = os.mkSuites { inherit profiles users userProfiles suites; };
+      expected = {
+        system = {
+          bar = [ profiles.foo.default ];
+          allProfiles = [ profiles.foo.default profiles.t.default ];
+          allUsers = [];
+        };
+      };
+    };
 }
diff --git a/tests/profiles/foo/default.nix b/tests/profiles/foo/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2181e561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/profiles/foo/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  bar = 5;
+}
diff --git a/tests/profiles/t/default.nix b/tests/profiles/t/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b