diff --git a/tvix/cli/src/main.rs b/tvix/cli/src/main.rs
index 7c980da78..5a7342e76 100644
--- a/tvix/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/tvix/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 mod derivation;
 mod errors;
 mod known_paths;
-mod nix_compat;
 mod refscan;
 mod tvix_io;
 
diff --git a/tvix/cli/src/nix_compat.rs b/tvix/cli/src/nix_compat.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index f82448727..000000000
--- a/tvix/cli/src/nix_compat.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-//! This module implements (temporary) compatibility shims between
-//! Tvix and C++ Nix.
-//!
-//! These are not intended to be long-lived, but should bootstrap Tvix
-//! by piggybacking off functionality that already exists in Nix and
-//! is still being implemented in Tvix.
-
-use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::path::Path;
-use std::process::Command;
-use std::sync::RwLock;
-use std::{io, path::PathBuf};
-
-use tvix_eval::{EvalIO, FileType, StdIO};
-
-/// Compatibility implementation of [`EvalIO`] that uses C++ Nix to
-/// write files to the Nix store.
-pub struct NixCompatIO {
-    /// Most IO requests are tunneled through to [`tvix_eval::StdIO`]
-    /// instead.
-    underlying: StdIO,
-
-    /// Cache paths for identical files being imported to the store.
-    // TODO(tazjin): This could be done better by having a thunk cache
-    // for these calls on the eval side, but that is a little more
-    // complex.
-    import_cache: RwLock<HashMap<PathBuf, PathBuf>>,
-}
-
-impl EvalIO for NixCompatIO {
-    fn store_dir(&self) -> Option<String> {
-        Some("/nix/store".into())
-    }
-
-    // Pass path imports through to `nix-store --add`
-    fn import_path(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, io::Error> {
-        let path = path.to_owned();
-        if let Some(path) = self
-            .import_cache
-            .read()
-            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?
-            .get(&path)
-        {
-            return Ok(path.to_path_buf());
-        }
-
-        let store_path = self.add_to_store(&path)?;
-
-        self.import_cache
-            .write()
-            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e.to_string()))?
-            .insert(path, store_path.clone());
-
-        Ok(store_path)
-    }
-
-    // Pass the rest of the functions through to `Self::underlying`
-    fn path_exists(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<bool, io::Error> {
-        if path.starts_with("/__corepkgs__") {
-            return Ok(true);
-        }
-
-        self.underlying.path_exists(path)
-    }
-
-    fn read_to_string(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<String, io::Error> {
-        // Bundled version of corepkgs/fetchurl.nix. This workaround
-        // is similar to what cppnix does for passing the path
-        // through.
-        //
-        // TODO: this comparison is bad and allocates, we should use
-        // the sane path library.
-        if path.starts_with("/__corepkgs__/fetchurl.nix") {
-            return Ok(include_str!("fetchurl.nix").to_string());
-        }
-
-        self.underlying.read_to_string(path)
-    }
-
-    fn read_dir(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<Vec<(bytes::Bytes, FileType)>, io::Error> {
-        self.underlying.read_dir(path)
-    }
-}
-
-impl NixCompatIO {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        NixCompatIO {
-            underlying: StdIO,
-            import_cache: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Add a path to the Nix store using the `nix-store --add`
-    /// functionality from C++ Nix.
-    fn add_to_store(&self, path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, io::Error> {
-        if !path.try_exists()? {
-            return Err(io::Error::from(io::ErrorKind::NotFound));
-        }
-
-        let mut cmd = Command::new("nix-store");
-        cmd.arg("--add");
-        cmd.arg(path);
-
-        let out = cmd.output()?;
-
-        if !out.status.success() {
-            return Err(io::Error::new(
-                io::ErrorKind::Other,
-                String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr).trim().to_owned(),
-            ));
-        }
-
-        let out_path_str = String::from_utf8(out.stdout)
-            .map_err(|err| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::InvalidData, err))?;
-        let out_path_trimmed = out_path_str.trim();
-
-        let mut out_path = PathBuf::new();
-        out_path.push(out_path_trimmed);
-        Ok(out_path)
-    }
-}