diff --git a/modules/languages/common.nix b/modules/languages/common.nix
index c551277..1250478 100644
--- a/modules/languages/common.nix
+++ b/modules/languages/common.nix
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ rec {
     inherit meta passthru;
   });
 
-  writeShellScriptBinWithMeta = meta: path: text: (writeTextDir path text).overrideAttrs (old: {
-    inherit meta;
-  });
-
   writeShellScriptBinWithAttrs = attrs: path: text: (writeShellScriptBin path text).overrideAttrs (old: attrs);
 
   searcher = packages: (callPackage ../tools/sqlite-indexer { inherit packages; }).searcher;
@@ -75,31 +71,5 @@ rec {
     in
       concatStrings withMaxComponents;
 
-  hasAttrSafe =  x: set: hasAttr x set && (let
-    evaluated = builtins.tryEval (getAttr x set);
-  in
-    if evaluated.success then true else false);
-
-  safeEval = safeEval' "";
-  safeEval' = default: e: let
-    evaluated = builtins.tryEval e;
-  in
-    if evaluated.success then evaluated.value else default;
-
-  isTrue = settings: name: hasAttr name settings && getAttr name settings == true;
-
-  focusSettings = prefix: settings: with lib; let
-    filtered = lib.filterAttrs (n: _: hasPrefix prefix n) settings;
-  in
-    listToAttrs (mapAttrsToList (n: v: {
-      name = removePrefix prefix n;
-      value = v;
-    }) filtered);
-
-  makeDefaultSettings = settingsSchema: listToAttrs (map (item: {
-    name = item.target;
-    value = item.defaultValue;
-  }) (filter (hasAttr "target") settingsSchema));
-
   packageName = p: if lib.isString p then p else p.name;
 }
diff --git a/modules/tools/sqlite-indexer/default.nix b/modules/tools/sqlite-indexer/default.nix
index 124f898..40aabf2 100644
--- a/modules/tools/sqlite-indexer/default.nix
+++ b/modules/tools/sqlite-indexer/default.nix
@@ -27,16 +27,21 @@ let
   numVersionComponents = 5;
   componentPadLength = 3;
 
-  filteredPackages = with lib; filterAttrs (name: value: common.safeEval' false (
-    (!packageMustBeDerivation || isDerivation(value))
+  safeEval' = default: e: let
+    evaluated = builtins.tryEval e;
+  in
+    if evaluated.success then evaluated.value else default;
+
+  filteredPackages = with lib; filterAttrs (name: value: safeEval' false (
+    (!packageMustBeDerivation || isDerivation value)
     &&
-    (!packageMustHaveName || (lib.attrByPath ["meta" "name"] "" value != ""))
+    (!packageMustHaveName || ((value.meta.name or "") != ""))
   )) packages;
 
   json = writeText "packages-index-yaml.json" (lib.generators.toJSON {} (lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: {
     attr = attrPrefix + k;
-    name = common.safeEval (lib.attrByPath ["meta" "name"] "" v);
-    version = common.safeEval (common.lexicographyVersionNumber' numVersionComponents componentPadLength (lib.attrByPath ["meta" "version"] "" v));
+    name = v.meta.name or "";
+    version = common.lexicographyVersionNumber' numVersionComponents componentPadLength (v.meta.version or "");
     meta = uiMetadata.chooseInterestingMeta v;
   }) filteredPackages));
 
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ rec {
   '';
 
   allIcons = let
-    uniquePaths = lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: common.safeEval (lib.attrByPath ["meta" "icon"] null v)) filteredPackages;
+    uniquePaths = lib.mapAttrsToList (k: v: v.meta.icon or null) filteredPackages;
   in
     linkFarm "all-searcher-icons" (map (path: {
       name = builtins.hashString "md5" (toString path);