diff --git a/corepkgs/local.mk b/corepkgs/local.mk
index fb44e7c3e..900781fdd 100644
--- a/corepkgs/local.mk
+++ b/corepkgs/local.mk
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 corepkgs_FILES = \
-  buildenv.nix \
   unpack-channel.nix \
   derivation.nix \
   fetchurl.nix \
-  imported-drv-to-derivation.nix \
   call-flake.nix
 
 $(foreach file,config.nix $(corepkgs_FILES),$(eval $(call install-data-in,$(d)/$(file),$(datadir)/nix/corepkgs)))
diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval.hh b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
index cc212258d..f6c96bd68 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval.hh
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ public:
     Expr * parseExprFromFile(const Path & path, StaticEnv & staticEnv);
 
     /* Parse a Nix expression from the specified string. */
-    Expr * parseExprFromString(const string & s, const Path & basePath, StaticEnv & staticEnv);
-    Expr * parseExprFromString(const string & s, const Path & basePath);
+    Expr * parseExprFromString(std::string_view s, const Path & basePath, StaticEnv & staticEnv);
+    Expr * parseExprFromString(std::string_view s, const Path & basePath);
 
     Expr * parseStdin();
 
diff --git a/corepkgs/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix b/src/libexpr/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from corepkgs/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix
rename to src/libexpr/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix
diff --git a/src/libexpr/local.mk b/src/libexpr/local.mk
index 6acb0150c..d1982927c 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/local.mk
+++ b/src/libexpr/local.mk
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(d)/nix-expr.pc, $(prefix)/lib/pkgconfig, 0644))
 
 $(foreach i, $(wildcard src/libexpr/flake/*.hh), \
   $(eval $(call install-file-in, $(i), $(includedir)/nix/flake, 0644)))
+
+$(d)/primops.cc: $(d)/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix.gen.hh
diff --git a/src/libexpr/parser.y b/src/libexpr/parser.y
index afa1fd439..9c769e803 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/parser.y
+++ b/src/libexpr/parser.y
@@ -611,13 +611,13 @@ Expr * EvalState::parseExprFromFile(const Path & path, StaticEnv & staticEnv)
 }
 
 
-Expr * EvalState::parseExprFromString(const string & s, const Path & basePath, StaticEnv & staticEnv)
+Expr * EvalState::parseExprFromString(std::string_view s, const Path & basePath, StaticEnv & staticEnv)
 {
-    return parse(s.c_str(), "(string)", basePath, staticEnv);
+    return parse(s.data(), "(string)", basePath, staticEnv);
 }
 
 
-Expr * EvalState::parseExprFromString(const string & s, const Path & basePath)
+Expr * EvalState::parseExprFromString(std::string_view s, const Path & basePath)
 {
     return parseExprFromString(s, basePath, staticBaseEnv);
 }
diff --git a/src/libexpr/primops.cc b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
index 083caf04a..b0f8b4414 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/primops.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/primops.cc
@@ -122,10 +122,17 @@ static void prim_scopedImport(EvalState & state, const Pos & pos, Value * * args
             mkString(*(outputsVal->listElems()[outputs_index++]), o.first);
         }
         w.attrs->sort();
-        Value fun;
-        state.evalFile(settings.nixDataDir + "/nix/corepkgs/imported-drv-to-derivation.nix", fun);
-        state.forceFunction(fun, pos);
-        mkApp(v, fun, w);
+
+        static Value * fun = nullptr;
+        if (!fun) {
+            fun = state.allocValue();
+            state.eval(state.parseExprFromString(
+                #include "imported-drv-to-derivation.nix.gen.hh"
+                , "/"), *fun);
+        }
+
+        state.forceFunction(*fun, pos);
+        mkApp(v, *fun, w);
         state.forceAttrs(v, pos);
     } else {
         state.forceAttrs(*args[0]);
diff --git a/corepkgs/buildenv.nix b/src/nix-env/buildenv.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from corepkgs/buildenv.nix
rename to src/nix-env/buildenv.nix
diff --git a/src/nix-env/user-env.cc b/src/nix-env/user-env.cc
index 8e4ecda4e..717431b7a 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/user-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/user-env.cc
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ bool createUserEnv(EvalState & state, DrvInfos & elems,
 
     /* Get the environment builder expression. */
     Value envBuilder;
-    state.evalFile(state.findFile("nix/buildenv.nix"), envBuilder);
+    state.eval(state.parseExprFromString(
+        #include "buildenv.nix.gen.hh"
+            , "/"), envBuilder);
 
     /* Construct a Nix expression that calls the user environment
        builder with the manifest as argument. */
diff --git a/src/nix/local.mk b/src/nix/local.mk
index fff101a63..64eb8ef7d 100644
--- a/src/nix/local.mk
+++ b/src/nix/local.mk
@@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ $(foreach name, \
   $(eval $(call install-symlink, nix, $(bindir)/$(name))))
 $(eval $(call install-symlink, $(bindir)/nix, $(libexecdir)/nix/build-remote))
 
+src/nix-env/nix-env.cc: src/nix-env/buildenv.nix.gen.hh
+
 $(d)/flake.cc: $(d)/flake-template.nix.gen.hh
diff --git a/tests/lang/eval-okay-search-path.nix b/tests/lang/eval-okay-search-path.nix
index cca41f821..c5a123d04 100644
--- a/tests/lang/eval-okay-search-path.nix
+++ b/tests/lang/eval-okay-search-path.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 with import ./lib.nix;
 with builtins;
 
-assert pathExists <nix/buildenv.nix>;
+assert pathExists <nix/fetchurl.nix>;
 
 assert length __nixPath == 6;
 assert length (filter (x: x.prefix == "nix") __nixPath) == 1;