diff --git a/lib/dag.nix b/lib/dag.nix
index 0b2dfc4b..da8ea07d 100644
--- a/lib/dag.nix
+++ b/lib/dag.nix
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@
 #  - the addition of the function `entryBefore` indicating a "wanted
 #    by" relationship.
 {lib}: let
-  inherit (lib) all filterAttrs nvim mapAttrs toposort;
+  inherit (builtins) isAttrs map toJSON isString elem;
+  inherit (lib.attrsets) attrNames attrValues filterAttrs mapAttrs;
+  inherit (lib.lists) all toposort;
+  inherit (lib) nvim;
 in {
   empty = {};
 
   isEntry = e: e ? data && e ? after && e ? before;
   isDag = dag:
-    builtins.isAttrs dag && all nvim.dag.isEntry (builtins.attrValues dag);
+    isAttrs dag && all nvim.dag.isEntry (attrValues dag);
 
   /*
   Takes an attribute set containing entries built by entryAnywhere,
@@ -76,17 +79,17 @@ in {
   */
   topoSort = dag: let
     dagBefore = dag: name:
-      builtins.attrNames
-      (filterAttrs (_n: v: builtins.elem name v.before) dag);
+      attrNames
+      (filterAttrs (_n: v: elem name v.before) dag);
     normalizedDag =
       mapAttrs (n: v: {
+        inherit (v) data;
         name = n;
-        data = v.data;
         after = v.after ++ dagBefore dag n;
       })
       dag;
-    before = a: b: builtins.elem a.name b.after;
-    sorted = toposort before (builtins.attrValues normalizedDag);
+    before = a: b: elem a.name b.after;
+    sorted = toposort before (attrValues normalizedDag);
   in
     if sorted ? result
     then {
@@ -104,4 +107,23 @@ in {
 
   entryAfter = nvim.dag.entryBetween [];
   entryBefore = before: nvim.dag.entryBetween before [];
+
+  resolveDag = {
+    name,
+    dag,
+    mapResult,
+  }: let
+    # When the value is a string, default it to dag.entryAnywhere
+    finalDag = lib.mapAttrs (_: value:
+      if isString value
+      then nvim.dag.entryAnywhere value
+      else value)
+    dag;
+    sortedDag = nvim.dag.topoSort finalDag;
+    result =
+      if sortedDag ? result
+      then mapResult sortedDag.result
+      else abort ("Dependency cycle in ${name}: " + toJSON sortedDag);
+  in
+    result;
 }
diff --git a/lib/languages.nix b/lib/languages.nix
index 18cfc371..d3f514cd 100644
--- a/lib/languages.nix
+++ b/lib/languages.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# From home-manager: https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/blob/master/modules/lib/booleans.nix
 {lib}: {
   # Converts a boolean to a yes/no string. This is used in lots of
   # configuration formats.
diff --git a/modules/core/build/default.nix b/modules/core/build/default.nix
index 86239b90..8ef6f93a 100644
--- a/modules/core/build/default.nix
+++ b/modules/core/build/default.nix
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
   lib,
   ...
 }: let
-  inherit (builtins) attrValues attrNames map mapAttrs toJSON isString concatStringsSep filter;
+  inherit (builtins) attrValues attrNames map mapAttrs concatStringsSep filter;
   inherit (lib) mkOption types mapAttrsFlatten filterAttrs optionalString getAttrs literalExpression;
   inherit (lib) nvim;
   inherit (nvim.lua) toLuaObject;
   inherit (nvim.vim) valToVim;
   inherit (nvim.bool) mkBool;
+  inherit (nvim.dag) resolveDag;
 
   cfg = config.vim;
 
@@ -179,11 +180,13 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = let
-    filterNonNull = mappings: filterAttrs (_name: value: value != null) mappings;
     globalsScript =
       mapAttrsFlatten (name: value: "let g:${name}=${valToVim value}")
       (filterNonNull cfg.globals);
 
+    # TODO: everything below this line needs to be moved to lib
+    filterNonNull = mappings: filterAttrs (_name: value: value != null) mappings;
+
     toLuaBindings = mode: maps:
       map (value: ''
         vim.keymap.set(${toLuaObject mode}, ${toLuaObject value.key}, ${toLuaObject value.action}, ${toLuaObject value.config})
@@ -202,24 +205,12 @@ in {
     omap = toLuaBindings "o" config.vim.maps.operator;
     icmap = toLuaBindings "ic" config.vim.maps.insertCommand;
 
-    resolveDag = {
-      name,
-      dag,
-      mapResult,
-    }: let
-      # When the value is a string, default it to dag.entryAnywhere
-      finalDag = lib.mapAttrs (_: value:
-        if isString value
-        then nvim.dag.entryAnywhere value
-        else value)
-      dag;
-      sortedDag = nvim.dag.topoSort finalDag;
-      result =
-        if sortedDag ? result
-        then mapResult sortedDag.result
-        else abort ("Dependency cycle in ${name}: " + toJSON sortedDag);
-    in
-      result;
+    mkSection = r: ''
+      -- SECTION: ${r.name}
+      ${r.data}
+    '';
+
+    mapResult = r: (wrapLuaConfig (concatStringsSep "\n" (map mkSection r)));
   in {
     vim = {
       startPlugins = map (x: x.package) (attrValues cfg.extraPlugins);
@@ -227,11 +218,6 @@ in {
         globalsScript = nvim.dag.entryAnywhere (concatStringsSep "\n" globalsScript);
 
         luaScript = let
-          mkSection = r: ''
-            -- SECTION: ${r.name}
-            ${r.data}
-          '';
-          mapResult = r: (wrapLuaConfig (concatStringsSep "\n" (map mkSection r)));
           luaConfig = resolveDag {
             name = "lua config script";
             dag = cfg.luaConfigRC;
@@ -241,11 +227,6 @@ in {
           nvim.dag.entryAfter ["globalsScript"] luaConfig;
 
         extraPluginConfigs = let
-          mkSection = r: ''
-            -- SECTION: ${r.name}
-            ${r.data}
-          '';
-          mapResult = r: (wrapLuaConfig (concatStringsSep "\n" (map mkSection r)));
           extraPluginsDag = mapAttrs (_: {
             after,
             setup,
@@ -253,6 +234,7 @@ in {
           }:
             nvim.dag.entryAfter after setup)
           cfg.extraPlugins;
+
           pluginConfig = resolveDag {
             name = "extra plugins config";
             dag = extraPluginsDag;