diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index cb89660..09b0ba5 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -63,38 +63,25 @@ rec {
   };
 
   # A functional Jetbrains IDE-with-plugins package set.
-  jetbrains =
-    let
-      mkJetbrainsPlugins = import ./pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/common-plugins.nix {
-        inherit (pkgs) callPackage;
-      };
-      mkIdeaPlugins = import ./pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/idea-plugins.nix {
-        inherit (pkgs) callPackage;
-      };
-
-      builder = import ./pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/builder.nix {
-        inherit (pkgs) lib;
-      };
-
-      jbScope = pkgs.lib.makeScope pkgs.newScope (self: pkgs.lib.makeOverridable
-        ({ jetbrainsPlugins ? mkJetbrainsPlugins
-         , ideaPlugins ? mkIdeaPlugins
-         }: ({ }
-          // jetbrainsPlugins // { inherit jetbrainsPlugins; }
-          // ideaPlugins // { inherit ideaPlugins; }
-          // {
-          jetbrainsWithPlugins = builder self;
-        }))
-        { });
-    in
-    rec {
-      inherit (jbScope) jetbrainsWithPlugins;
-      clionWithPlugins = jetbrainsWithPlugins pkgs.jetbrains.clion;
-      ideaCommunityWithPlugins = jetbrainsWithPlugins pkgs.jetbrains.idea-community;
-      ideaUltimateWithPlugins = jetbrainsWithPlugins pkgs.jetbrains.idea-ultimate;
-      plugins = jbScope;
+  jetbrains = (pkgs.dontRecurseIntoAttrs rec {
+    jetbrainsPluginsFor = variant: import ./pkgs/top-level/jetbrains-plugins.nix {
+      inherit (pkgs) lib newScope stdenv fetchzip;
+      inherit variant;
     };
 
+    pluginBuild = jetbrainsPlatforms: pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/build-support/jetbrains/plugin.nix {
+      inherit jetbrains jetbrainsPlatforms;
+    };
+
+    clionPlugins = pkgs.dontRecurseIntoAttrs (jetbrainsPluginsFor pkgs.jetbrains.clion);
+    ideaCommunityPlugins = pkgs.dontRecurseIntoAttrs (jetbrainsPluginsFor pkgs.jetbrains.idea-community);
+    ideaUltimatePlugins = pkgs.dontRecurseIntoAttrs (jetbrainsPluginsFor pkgs.jetbrains.idea-ultimate);
+
+    clionWithPlugins = clionPlugins.jetbrainsWithPlugins;
+    ideaCommunityWithPlugins = ideaCommunityPlugins.jetbrainsWithPlugins;
+    ideaUltimateWithPlugins = ideaUltimatePlugins.jetbrainsWithPlugins;
+  });
+
   libhl = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/development/libraries/libhl { };
 
   mopidy-subidy = pkgs.callPackage ./pkgs/applications/audio/mopidy/subidy.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/common-plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/common-plugins.nix
index f6f05f8..734055c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/common-plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/common-plugins.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-{ callPackage }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip }:
+
+self:
+
 let
-  mkPlugin = callPackage ./build-plugin.nix {
+
+  commonBuild = import ../../../build-support/jetbrains/plugin.nix {
+    inherit lib stdenv fetchzip;
     jetbrainsPlatforms = [
       "clion"
       "datagrip"
@@ -15,30 +20,22 @@ let
       "webstorm"
     ];
   };
-in
-{
-  ideavim = mkPlugin {
-    pname = "IdeaVim";
-    version = "0.57";
-    pluginId = 164;
-    versionId = 85009;
-    sha256 = "1rwfwj0b0nwi7jxhzxk1r0xc190nf4i3b59i0zknpmgb4yc5clzw";
-  };
 
-  checkstyle-idea = mkPlugin {
-    pname = "CheckStyle-IDEA";
-    version = "5.42.0";
-    pluginId = 1065;
-    versionId = 95757;
-    sha256 = "0sji3649n5zz84dlidqaklipq6vaiafxsvg0gzy3j59mvkz6dk14";
-  };
+  generateCommon = lib.makeOverridable ({
+    common ? ./manual-common-packages.nix
+  }: let
+
+    imported = import common {
+      inherit (self) callPackage;
+    };
+
+    super = imported;
+
+    overrides = { };
+
+    jetbrainsPlugins = super // overrides;
+
+  in jetbrainsPlugins // { inherit commonBuild; });
+
+in generateCommon { }
 
-  google-java-format = mkPlugin rec {
-    pname = "google-java-format";
-    version = "1.7.0.4";
-    pluginId = 8527;
-    versionId = 83164;
-    sha256 = "1pmnn1ksiv44kdga53gi3psrm2sva4bqrxizagbr0if2n0rrvgii";
-    filename = "${pname}.zip";
-  };
-}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/idea-plugins.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/idea-plugins.nix
index a29616c..33188ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/idea-plugins.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/idea-plugins.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
-{ callPackage }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchzip }:
+
+self:
+
 let
-  mkPlugin = callPackage ./build-plugin.nix {
+
+  ideaBuild = import ../../../build-support/jetbrains/plugin.nix {
+    inherit lib stdenv fetchzip;
     jetbrainsPlatforms = [ "idea-community" "idea-ultimate" ];
   };
-in
-{
-  spring-assistant = mkPlugin {
-    pname = "intellij-spring-assistant";
-    version = "0.12.0";
-    pluginId = 10229;
-    versionId = 44968;
-    sha256 = "13cglywzhb4j0qj0bs2jwaz2k8pxrxalv35wgkmgkxr635bxmwsj";
-  };
-}
+
+  generateIdea = lib.makeOverridable ({
+    idea ? ./manual-idea-packages.nix
+  }: let
+
+    imported = import idea {
+      inherit (self) callPackage;
+    };
+
+    super = imported;
+
+    overrides = { };
+
+    ideaPlugins = super // overrides;
+
+  in ideaPlugins // { inherit ideaBuild; });
+
+in generateIdea { }
+
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/manual-common-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/manual-common-packages.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8020aa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/manual-common-packages.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ callPackage }:
+{
+  ideavim = callPackage
+    ({ commonBuild }: commonBuild {
+      pname = "IdeaVim";
+      version = "0.57";
+      pluginId = 164;
+      versionId = 85009;
+      sha256 = "1rwfwj0b0nwi7jxhzxk1r0xc190nf4i3b59i0zknpmgb4yc5clzw";
+    })
+    { };
+
+  checkstyle-idea = callPackage
+    ({ commonBuild }: commonBuild {
+      pname = "CheckStyle-IDEA";
+      version = "5.42.0";
+      pluginId = 1065;
+      versionId = 95757;
+      sha256 = "0sji3649n5zz84dlidqaklipq6vaiafxsvg0gzy3j59mvkz6dk14";
+    })
+    { };
+
+  google-java-format = callPackage
+    ({ commonBuild }: commonBuild rec {
+      pname = "google-java-format";
+      version = "1.7.0.4";
+      pluginId = 8527;
+      versionId = 83164;
+      sha256 = "1pmnn1ksiv44kdga53gi3psrm2sva4bqrxizagbr0if2n0rrvgii";
+      filename = "${pname}.zip";
+    })
+    { };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/manual-idea-packages.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/manual-idea-packages.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4161319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/manual-idea-packages.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ callPackage }:
+{
+  spring-assistant = callPackage
+    ({ ideaBuild }: ideaBuild {
+      pname = "intellij-spring-assistant";
+      version = "0.12.0";
+      pluginId = 10229;
+      versionId = 44968;
+      sha256 = "13cglywzhb4j0qj0bs2jwaz2k8pxrxalv35wgkmgkxr635bxmwsj";
+    })
+    { };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/builder.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/wrapper.nix
similarity index 80%
rename from pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/builder.nix
rename to pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/wrapper.nix
index 6ceb418..7ce5be7 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/builder.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/wrapper.nix
@@ -12,22 +12,19 @@ let
     then pluginsFun self
     else pluginsFun;
 
+  # FIXME: Is this still needed?
   info = builtins.parseDrvName package.name;
-
   badPlugins = filter (p: ! elem info.name p.jetbrainsPlatforms) plugins;
   errorMsg = "plugins [ ${toString (map (p: p.name) badPlugins)} ] are not available for platform ${info.name}";
 in
 
 assert assertMsg (length badPlugins == 0) errorMsg;
 
-package.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
-  # FIXME: versioning: could just expose upstream
-  name = "${info.name}-with-plugins-${info.version}";
-
+appendToName "with-plugins" (package.overrideAttrs (oldAttrs: {
   inherit plugins;
   installPhase = oldAttrs.installPhase + ''
     for plugin in $plugins; do
       ln -s "$plugin" "$out/$name/plugins/$(basename $plugin)"
     done
   '';
-})
+}))
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/build-plugin.nix b/pkgs/build-support/jetbrains/plugin.nix
similarity index 79%
rename from pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/build-plugin.nix
rename to pkgs/build-support/jetbrains/plugin.nix
index 171b774..82f8ff5 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/jetbrains/build-plugin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/jetbrains/plugin.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-{ stdenv
+{ lib
+, stdenv
 , fetchzip
 , jetbrainsPlatforms
 }:
@@ -12,19 +13,21 @@
 }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  inherit pname version jetbrainsPlatforms;
+  inherit pname version;
 
   src = fetchzip {
     inherit sha256;
     url = "https://plugins.jetbrains.com/files/${toString pluginId}/${toString versionId}/${filename}";
   };
 
+  passthru = { inherit jetbrainsPlatforms; };
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir $out
     cp -r * $out/
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    homepage = "https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/${pluginId}-${stdenv.lib.toLower pname}";
+    homepage = "https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/${pluginId}-${lib.toLower pname}";
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/jetbrains-plugins.nix b/pkgs/top-level/jetbrains-plugins.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..badfac5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/jetbrains-plugins.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ lib
+, newScope
+, stdenv
+, fetchzip
+
+, variant
+}:
+
+let
+
+  mkJetbrainsPlugins = import ../applications/editors/jetbrains/common-plugins.nix {
+    inherit lib stdenv fetchzip;
+  };
+
+  mkIdeaPlugins = import ../applications/editors/jetbrains/idea-plugins.nix {
+    inherit lib stdenv fetchzip;
+  };
+
+  jetbrainsWithPlugins = import ../applications/editors/jetbrains/wrapper.nix {
+    inherit lib;
+  };
+
+in lib.makeScope newScope (self: lib.makeOverridable ({
+  jetbrainsPlugins ? mkJetbrainsPlugins self
+  , ideaPlugins ? mkIdeaPlugins self
+}: ({ }
+  // jetbrainsPlugins // { inherit jetbrainsPlugins; }
+  // ideaPlugins // { inherit ideaPlugins; }
+  // {
+    inherit variant;
+    jetbrainsWithPlugins = jetbrainsWithPlugins self variant;
+  })
+) { })