diff --git a/nix/pkgs/knot-unwrapped.nix b/nix/pkgs/knot-unwrapped.nix
index f9101a42..bb984131 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/knot-unwrapped.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/knot-unwrapped.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,44 @@
 {
+  lib,
   buildGoApplication,
   modules,
   sqlite-lib,
-  src,
 }: let
   version = "1.14.0-alpha";
+  src = lib.fileset.toSource {
+    root = ../..;
+    fileset = lib.fileset.unions [
+      ../../go.mod
+      ../../cmd/knot
+
+      ../../guard
+      ../../hook
+      ../../keyfetch
+      ../../knotserver
+
+      ../../api/tangled
+      ../../appview/filetree
+      ../../appview/models
+      ../../appview/pages/markup
+      ../../appview/pages/repoinfo
+      ../../appview/pagination
+      ../../appview/state/userutil
+      ../../idresolver
+      ../../jetstream
+      ../../log
+      ../../notifier
+      ../../orm
+      ../../patchutil
+      ../../rbac
+      ../../sets
+      ../../spindle/models
+      ../../spindle/secrets
+      ../../tid
+      ../../types
+      ../../workflow
+      ../../xrpc
+    ];
+  };
 in
   buildGoApplication {
     pname = "knot";
@@ -15,9 +49,7 @@ in
     subPackages = ["cmd/knot"];
     tags = ["libsqlite3"];
 
-    ldflags = [
-      "-X tangled.org/core/knotserver/xrpc.version=${version}"
-    ];
+    ldflags = ["-X tangled.org/core/knotserver/xrpc.version=${version}"];
 
     env.CGO_CFLAGS = "-I ${sqlite-lib}/include ";
     env.CGO_LDFLAGS = "-L ${sqlite-lib}/lib";
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/knotmirror.nix b/nix/pkgs/knotmirror.nix
index a933e9c7..cfda295b 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/knotmirror.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/knotmirror.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,43 @@
 {
+  lib,
   buildGoApplication,
   modules,
-  src,
-}:
-buildGoApplication {
-  pname = "knotmirror";
-  version = "0.1.0";
-  inherit src modules;
+}: let
+  src = lib.fileset.toSource {
+    root = ../..;
+    fileset = lib.fileset.unions [
+      ../../go.mod
+      ../../cmd/knotmirror
+      ../../knotmirror
+      ../../log
+      ../../patchutil
+      ../../sets
+      ../../tapc
+      ../../types
+      ../../api/tangled
+      ../../workflow
+      ../../knotserver
+      ../../spindle/models
+      ../../spindle/secrets
+      ../../appview/filetree
+      ../../appview/models
+      ../../appview/pages/markup
+      ../../appview/pages/repoinfo
+      ../../appview/pagination
+      ../../appview/state/userutil
+    ];
+  };
+in
+  buildGoApplication {
+    pname = "knotmirror";
+    version = "0.1.0";
+    inherit src modules;
 
-  doCheck = false;
+    doCheck = false;
 
-  subPackages = ["cmd/knotmirror"];
+    subPackages = ["cmd/knotmirror"];
 
-  meta = {
-    mainProgram = "knotmirror";
-  };
-}
+    meta = {
+      mainProgram = "knotmirror";
+    };
+  }
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/spindle.nix b/nix/pkgs/spindle.nix
index 6a9ffb1f..4a916013 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/spindle.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/spindle.nix
@@ -1,20 +1,48 @@
 {
+  lib,
   buildGoApplication,
   modules,
   sqlite-lib,
-  src,
-}:
-buildGoApplication {
-  pname = "spindle";
-  version = "0.1.0";
-  inherit src modules;
+}: let
+  src = lib.fileset.toSource {
+    root = ../..;
+    fileset = lib.fileset.unions [
+      ../../go.mod
+      ../../cmd/spindle
+      ../../spindle
+      ../../eventconsumer
+      ../../idresolver
+      ../../jetstream
+      ../../rbac
+      ../../xrpc
+      ../../log
+      ../../sets
+      ../../notifier
+      ../../tid
+      ../../types
+      ../../api/tangled
+      ../../workflow
+      ../../appview/cache
+      ../../appview/db
+      ../../appview/models
+      ../../patchutil
+      ../../appview/filetree
+      ../../appview/pagination
+      ../../orm
+    ];
+  };
+in
+  buildGoApplication {
+    pname = "spindle";
+    version = "0.1.0";
+    inherit src modules;
 
-  doCheck = false;
+    doCheck = false;
 
-  subPackages = ["cmd/spindle"];
-  tags = ["libsqlite3"];
+    subPackages = ["cmd/spindle"];
+    tags = ["libsqlite3"];
 
-  env.CGO_CFLAGS = "-I ${sqlite-lib}/include ";
-  env.CGO_LDFLAGS = "-L ${sqlite-lib}/lib";
-  CGO_ENABLED = 1;
-}
+    env.CGO_CFLAGS = "-I ${sqlite-lib}/include ";
+    env.CGO_LDFLAGS = "-L ${sqlite-lib}/lib";
+    CGO_ENABLED = 1;
+  }