diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/lib.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/lib.rs
index 40237f94c..5aea5e242 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pub mod derivation;
 pub mod nar;
 pub mod nixbase32;
 pub mod nixhash;
+mod nixhash_with_mode;
 pub mod store_path;
 
 /// Nix placeholders (i.e. values returned by `builtins.placeholder`)
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/nixhash.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nixhash.rs
index 0da90fe4c..69ed98ff9 100644
--- a/tvix/nix-compat/src/nixhash.rs
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nixhash.rs
@@ -1,117 +1,11 @@
 use data_encoding::{BASE64, BASE64_NOPAD, HEXLOWER};
-use serde::ser::SerializeMap;
-use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::Display;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use crate::nixbase32;
 
-/// A Nix Hash can either be flat or recursive.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub enum NixHashWithMode {
-    Flat(NixHash),
-    Recursive(NixHash),
-}
-
-impl NixHashWithMode {
-    /// Formats a [NixHashWithMode] in the Nix default hash format,
-    /// which is the algo, followed by a colon, then the lower hex encoded digest.
-    /// In case the hash itself is recursive, a `r:` is added as prefix
-    pub fn to_nix_hash_string(&self) -> String {
-        match self {
-            NixHashWithMode::Flat(h) => h.to_nix_hash_string(),
-            NixHashWithMode::Recursive(h) => format!("r:{}", h.to_nix_hash_string()),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Serialize for NixHashWithMode {
-    /// map a NixHashWithMode into the serde data model.
-    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        let mut map = serializer.serialize_map(Some(2))?;
-        match self {
-            NixHashWithMode::Flat(h) => {
-                map.serialize_entry("hash", &nixbase32::encode(&h.digest))?;
-                map.serialize_entry("hashAlgo", &h.algo.to_string())?;
-            }
-            NixHashWithMode::Recursive(h) => {
-                map.serialize_entry("hash", &nixbase32::encode(&h.digest))?;
-                map.serialize_entry("hashAlgo", &format!("r:{}", &h.algo.to_string()))?;
-            }
-        };
-        map.end()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for NixHashWithMode {
-    /// map the serde data model into a NixHashWithMode.
-    ///
-    /// The serde data model has a `hash` field (containing a digest in nixbase32),
-    /// and a `hashAlgo` field, containing the stringified hash algo.
-    /// In case the hash is recursive, hashAlgo also has a `r:` prefix.
-    ///
-    /// This is to match how `nix show-derivation` command shows them in JSON
-    /// representation.
-    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
-    where
-        D: Deserializer<'de>,
-    {
-        // TODO: don't use serde_json here?
-        // TODO: serde seems to simply set `hash_with_mode` to None if hash
-        // and hashAlgo fail, but that should be a proper deserialization error
-        // that should be propagated to the user!
-
-        let json = serde_json::Value::deserialize(deserializer)?;
-        match json.as_object() {
-            None => Err(serde::de::Error::custom("couldn't parse as map"))?,
-            Some(map) => {
-                let digest: Vec<u8> = {
-                    if let Some(v) = map.get("hash") {
-                        if let Some(s) = v.as_str() {
-                            data_encoding::HEXLOWER
-                                .decode(s.as_bytes())
-                                .map_err(|e| serde::de::Error::custom(e.to_string()))?
-                        } else {
-                            return Err(serde::de::Error::custom(
-                                "couldn't parse 'hash' as string",
-                            ));
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        return Err(serde::de::Error::custom("couldn't extract 'hash' key"));
-                    }
-                };
-
-                if let Some(v) = map.get("hashAlgo") {
-                    if let Some(s) = v.as_str() {
-                        match s.strip_prefix("r:") {
-                            Some(rest) => Ok(NixHashWithMode::Recursive(NixHash::new(
-                                HashAlgo::try_from(rest).map_err(|e| {
-                                    serde::de::Error::custom(format!("unable to parse algo: {}", e))
-                                })?,
-                                digest,
-                            ))),
-                            None => Ok(NixHashWithMode::Flat(NixHash::new(
-                                HashAlgo::try_from(s).map_err(|e| {
-                                    serde::de::Error::custom(format!("unable to parse algo: {}", e))
-                                })?,
-                                digest,
-                            ))),
-                        }
-                    } else {
-                        Err(serde::de::Error::custom(
-                            "couldn't parse 'hashAlgo' as string",
-                        ))
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    Err(serde::de::Error::custom("couldn't extract 'hashAlgo' key"))
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
+pub use crate::nixhash_with_mode::NixHashWithMode;
 
 /// Nix allows specifying hashes in various encodings, and magically just
 /// derives the encoding.
diff --git a/tvix/nix-compat/src/nixhash_with_mode.rs b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nixhash_with_mode.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e895f0c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/nix-compat/src/nixhash_with_mode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+use crate::nixbase32;
+use crate::nixhash::{HashAlgo, NixHash};
+use serde::ser::SerializeMap;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+
+/// A Nix Hash can either be flat or recursive.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum NixHashWithMode {
+    Flat(NixHash),
+    Recursive(NixHash),
+}
+
+impl NixHashWithMode {
+    /// Formats a [NixHashWithMode] in the Nix default hash format,
+    /// which is the algo, followed by a colon, then the lower hex encoded digest.
+    /// In case the hash itself is recursive, a `r:` is added as prefix
+    pub fn to_nix_hash_string(&self) -> String {
+        match self {
+            NixHashWithMode::Flat(h) => h.to_nix_hash_string(),
+            NixHashWithMode::Recursive(h) => format!("r:{}", h.to_nix_hash_string()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for NixHashWithMode {
+    /// map a NixHashWithMode into the serde data model.
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        let mut map = serializer.serialize_map(Some(2))?;
+        match self {
+            NixHashWithMode::Flat(h) => {
+                map.serialize_entry("hash", &nixbase32::encode(&h.digest))?;
+                map.serialize_entry("hashAlgo", &h.algo.to_string())?;
+            }
+            NixHashWithMode::Recursive(h) => {
+                map.serialize_entry("hash", &nixbase32::encode(&h.digest))?;
+                map.serialize_entry("hashAlgo", &format!("r:{}", &h.algo.to_string()))?;
+            }
+        };
+        map.end()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for NixHashWithMode {
+    /// map the serde data model into a NixHashWithMode.
+    ///
+    /// The serde data model has a `hash` field (containing a digest in nixbase32),
+    /// and a `hashAlgo` field, containing the stringified hash algo.
+    /// In case the hash is recursive, hashAlgo also has a `r:` prefix.
+    ///
+    /// This is to match how `nix show-derivation` command shows them in JSON
+    /// representation.
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        // TODO: don't use serde_json here?
+        // TODO: serde seems to simply set `hash_with_mode` to None if hash
+        // and hashAlgo fail, but that should be a proper deserialization error
+        // that should be propagated to the user!
+
+        let json = serde_json::Value::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        match json.as_object() {
+            None => Err(serde::de::Error::custom("couldn't parse as map"))?,
+            Some(map) => {
+                let digest: Vec<u8> = {
+                    if let Some(v) = map.get("hash") {
+                        if let Some(s) = v.as_str() {
+                            data_encoding::HEXLOWER
+                                .decode(s.as_bytes())
+                                .map_err(|e| serde::de::Error::custom(e.to_string()))?
+                        } else {
+                            return Err(serde::de::Error::custom(
+                                "couldn't parse 'hash' as string",
+                            ));
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        return Err(serde::de::Error::custom("couldn't extract 'hash' key"));
+                    }
+                };
+
+                if let Some(v) = map.get("hashAlgo") {
+                    if let Some(s) = v.as_str() {
+                        match s.strip_prefix("r:") {
+                            Some(rest) => Ok(NixHashWithMode::Recursive(NixHash::new(
+                                HashAlgo::try_from(rest).map_err(|e| {
+                                    serde::de::Error::custom(format!("unable to parse algo: {}", e))
+                                })?,
+                                digest,
+                            ))),
+                            None => Ok(NixHashWithMode::Flat(NixHash::new(
+                                HashAlgo::try_from(s).map_err(|e| {
+                                    serde::de::Error::custom(format!("unable to parse algo: {}", e))
+                                })?,
+                                digest,
+                            ))),
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        Err(serde::de::Error::custom(
+                            "couldn't parse 'hashAlgo' as string",
+                        ))
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    Err(serde::de::Error::custom("couldn't extract 'hashAlgo' key"))
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}