diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 9faa3548..38f8e4fe 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@
         in {
           # validating
           checks = flake-utils.lib.flattenTree {
-            lang-lint = lang.lang-lint;
-            lang-test = lang.lang-test;
+            lang-lint = lang.lint;
+            lang-test = lang.test;
             components-lint = components.components-lint;
             docusaurus-lint = website.website-lint;
           };
           # building
           packages = flake-utils.lib.flattenTree {
             default = website.website;
-            lang-bundle = lang.lang-bundle;
+            lang-bundle = lang.bundle;
             components = components.components-package-build;
             storybook = components.components-site-build;
             docs-site = website.website;
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@
           ciSystems = [ hciSystem ];
           onPush = {
             lang.outputs = {
-              squiggle-lang-lint = lang.lang-lint;
-              squiggle-lang-build = lang.lang-build;
-              squiggle-lang-test = lang.lang-test;
-              squiggle-lang-bundle = lang.lang-bundle;
+              squiggle-lang-lint = lang.lint;
+              squiggle-lang-build = lang.build;
+              squiggle-lang-test = lang.test;
+              squiggle-lang-bundle = lang.bundle;
             };
             components.outputs = {
               squiggle-components = components.components-package-build;
diff --git a/nix/squiggle-lang.nix b/nix/squiggle-lang.nix
index de5298b0..0826cb41 100644
--- a/nix/squiggle-lang.nix
+++ b/nix/squiggle-lang.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 rec {
   common = commonFn pkgs;
-  lang-yarnPackage = pkgs.mkYarnPackage {
+  yarn-source = pkgs.mkYarnPackage {
     name = "squiggle-lang_source";
     src = ../packages/squiggle-lang;
     packageJSON = ../packages/squiggle-lang/package.json;
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ rec {
       };
     };
   };
-  lang-lint = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  lint = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "squiggle-lang-lint";
-    src = lang-yarnPackage
+    src = yarn-source
       + "/libexec/@quri/squiggle-lang/deps/@quri/squiggle-lang";
     buildInputs = common.buildInputs ++ common.prettier;
     buildPhase = ''
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ rec {
     '';
     installPhase = "mkdir -p $out";
   };
-  lang-build = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  build = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "squiggle-lang-build";
     # `peggy` is in the `node_modules` that's adjacent to `deps`.
-    src = lang-yarnPackage + "/libexec/@quri/squiggle-lang";
+    src = yarn-source + "/libexec/@quri/squiggle-lang";
     buildInputs = common.buildInputs;
     buildPhase = ''
       # so that the path to ppx doesn't need to be patched.
@@ -88,9 +88,9 @@ rec {
       cp -r deps/@quri/squiggle-lang/. $out
     '';
   };
-  lang-test = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  test = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "squiggle-lang-test";
-    src = lang-build;
+    src = build;
     buildInputs = common.buildInputs;
     buildPhase = ''
       yarn --offline test
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ rec {
       cp -r . $out
     '';
   };
-  lang-bundle = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  bundle = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "squiggle-lang-bundle";
-    src = lang-test;
+    src = test;
     buildInputs = common.buildInputs;
     buildPhase = ''
       yarn --offline bundle