diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 47079086..cb478522 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ lib.makeExtensible (
 
     # plugin aliases
     neovim-plugin = {
-      inherit (self.plugins)
+      inherit (self.plugins.neovim)
         extraOptionsOptions
         mkNeovimPlugin
         ;
     };
     vim-plugin = {
-      inherit (self.plugins)
+      inherit (self.plugins.vim)
         mkSettingsOption
         mkSettingsOptionDescription
         mkVimPlugin
diff --git a/lib/plugins/default.nix b/lib/plugins/default.nix
index 63a63d4d..cf507021 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/default.nix
+++ b/lib/plugins/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-{ call }:
-let
+{
+  call,
+  lib,
+}:
+{
   neovim = call ./neovim.nix { };
   vim = call ./vim.nix { };
-in
-# TODO: be a bit more deliberate
-# NOTE: remove the overridable stuff from `call`;
-#       I don't want to think about how (a // b) interacts with them yet
-builtins.removeAttrs (neovim // vim) [
-  "override"
-  "overrideDerivation"
-]
+
+  # Aliases
+  inherit (lib.nixvim.plugins.neovim) mkNeovimPlugin;
+  inherit (lib.nixvim.plugins.vim) mkVimPlugin;
+}
diff --git a/lib/plugins/mk-neovim-plugin.nix b/lib/plugins/mk-neovim-plugin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..369aac33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/mk-neovim-plugin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+{ lib }:
+{
+  name,
+  maintainers,
+  url ? throw "default",
+  imports ? [ ],
+  description ? null,
+  # deprecations
+  deprecateExtraOptions ? false,
+  optionsRenamedToSettings ? [ ],
+  # colorscheme
+  isColorscheme ? false,
+  colorscheme ? name,
+  # luaConfig
+  configLocation ? if isColorscheme then "extraConfigLuaPre" else "extraConfigLua",
+  # Some plugin are not supposed to generate lua configuration code.
+  # For example, they might just be configured through some other mean, like global variables
+  hasLuaConfig ? true,
+  # options
+  packPathName ? name,
+  # Can be a string, a list of strings, or a module option:
+  # - A string will be intrpreted as `pkgs.vimPlugins.${package}`
+  # - A list will be interpreted as a "pkgs path", e.g. `pkgs.${elem1}.${elem2}.${etc...}`
+  # - An option will be used as-is, but should be built using `lib.mkPackageOption`
+  # Defaults to `name`, i.e. `pkgs.vimPlugins.${name}`
+  package ? name,
+  settingsOptions ? { },
+  settingsExample ? null,
+  settingsDescription ? "Options provided to the `require('${moduleName}')${setup}` function.",
+  hasSettings ? true,
+  extraOptions ? { },
+  # config
+  moduleName ? name,
+  setup ? ".setup",
+  extraConfig ? cfg: { },
+  extraPlugins ? [ ],
+  extraPackages ? [ ],
+  callSetup ? true,
+}@args:
+let
+  namespace = if isColorscheme then "colorschemes" else "plugins";
+  loc = [
+    namespace
+    name
+  ];
+
+  module =
+    {
+      config,
+      options,
+      pkgs,
+      ...
+    }:
+    let
+      cfg = lib.getAttrFromPath loc config;
+      opts = lib.getAttrFromPath loc options;
+
+      setupCode = ''
+        require('${moduleName}')${setup}(${
+          lib.optionalString (cfg ? settings) (lib.nixvim.toLuaObject cfg.settings)
+        })
+      '';
+
+      luaConfigAtLocation = lib.nixvim.modules.mkConfigAt configLocation cfg.luaConfig.content;
+    in
+    {
+      meta = {
+        inherit maintainers;
+        nixvimInfo = {
+          inherit description;
+          url = args.url or opts.package.default.meta.homepage;
+          path = loc;
+        };
+      };
+
+      options = lib.setAttrByPath loc (
+        {
+          enable = lib.mkEnableOption packPathName;
+          lazyLoad = lib.nixvim.mkLazyLoadOption packPathName;
+          package =
+            if lib.isOption package then
+              package
+            else
+              lib.mkPackageOption pkgs packPathName {
+                default =
+                  if builtins.isList package then
+                    package
+                  else
+                    [
+                      "vimPlugins"
+                      package
+                    ];
+              };
+          packageDecorator = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.functionTo lib.types.package;
+            default = lib.id;
+            defaultText = lib.literalExpression "x: x";
+            description = ''
+              Additional transformations to apply to the final installed package.
+              The result of these transformations is **not** visible in the `package` option's value.
+            '';
+            internal = true;
+          };
+        }
+        // lib.optionalAttrs hasSettings {
+          settings = lib.nixvim.mkSettingsOption {
+            description = settingsDescription;
+            options = settingsOptions;
+            example = settingsExample;
+          };
+        }
+        // lib.optionalAttrs hasLuaConfig {
+          luaConfig = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.pluginLuaConfig;
+            default = { };
+            description = "The plugin's lua configuration";
+          };
+        }
+        // extraOptions
+      );
+
+      config =
+        assert lib.assertMsg (
+          callSetup -> hasLuaConfig
+        ) "This plugin is supposed to call the `setup()` function but has `hasLuaConfig` set to false";
+        lib.mkIf cfg.enable (
+          lib.mkMerge (
+            [
+              {
+                inherit extraPackages;
+                extraPlugins = extraPlugins ++ [
+                  (cfg.packageDecorator cfg.package)
+                ];
+              }
+
+              (lib.optionalAttrs (isColorscheme && colorscheme != null) {
+                colorscheme = lib.mkDefault colorscheme;
+              })
+
+              # Apply any additional configuration added to `extraConfig`
+              (lib.optionalAttrs (args ? extraConfig) (
+                lib.nixvim.modules.applyExtraConfig {
+                  inherit extraConfig cfg opts;
+                }
+              ))
+            ]
+            # Lua configuration code generation
+            ++ lib.optionals hasLuaConfig [
+
+              # Add the plugin setup code `require('foo').setup(...)` to the lua configuration
+              (lib.optionalAttrs callSetup (lib.setAttrByPath loc { luaConfig.content = setupCode; }))
+
+              # When NOT lazy loading, write `luaConfig.content` to `configLocation`
+              (lib.mkIf (!cfg.lazyLoad.enable) luaConfigAtLocation)
+
+              # When lazy loading is enabled for this plugin, route its configuration to the enabled provider
+              (lib.mkIf cfg.lazyLoad.enable {
+                assertions = [
+                  {
+                    assertion = (isColorscheme && colorscheme != null) || cfg.lazyLoad.settings != { };
+                    message = "You have enabled lazy loading for ${packPathName} but have not provided any configuration.";
+                  }
+                ];
+                plugins.lz-n = {
+                  plugins = [
+                    (
+                      {
+                        __unkeyed-1 = packPathName;
+                        # Use provided after, otherwise fallback to normal function wrapped lua content
+                        after =
+                          let
+                            after = cfg.lazyLoad.settings.after or null;
+                            default = "function()\n " + cfg.luaConfig.content + " \nend";
+                          in
+                          if (lib.isString after || lib.types.rawLua.check after) then after else default;
+                        colorscheme = lib.mkIf isColorscheme (cfg.lazyLoad.settings.colorscheme or colorscheme);
+                      }
+                      // lib.removeAttrs cfg.lazyLoad.settings [
+                        "after"
+                        "colorscheme"
+                      ]
+                    )
+                  ];
+                };
+              })
+            ]
+          )
+        );
+    };
+in
+{
+  imports =
+    let
+      settingsPath = loc ++ [ "settings" ];
+    in
+    imports
+    ++ [ module ]
+    ++ lib.optional deprecateExtraOptions (
+      lib.mkRenamedOptionModule (loc ++ [ "extraOptions" ]) settingsPath
+    )
+    ++ lib.nixvim.mkSettingsRenamedOptionModules loc settingsPath optionsRenamedToSettings;
+}
diff --git a/lib/plugins/mk-vim-plugin.nix b/lib/plugins/mk-vim-plugin.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20ceddc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/plugins/mk-vim-plugin.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+{ lib }:
+let
+  inherit (lib.nixvim.plugins.vim)
+    mkSettingsOption
+    ;
+in
+{
+  name,
+  url ? throw "default",
+  maintainers,
+  imports ? [ ],
+  description ? null,
+  # deprecations
+  deprecateExtraConfig ? false,
+  optionsRenamedToSettings ? [ ],
+  # colorscheme
+  isColorscheme ? false,
+  colorscheme ? name,
+  # options
+  packPathName ? name,
+  # Can be a string, a list of strings, or a module option:
+  # - A string will be intrpreted as `pkgs.vimPlugins.${package}`
+  # - A list will be interpreted as a "pkgs path", e.g. `pkgs.${elem1}.${elem2}.${etc...}`
+  # - An option will be used as-is, but should be built using `lib.mkPackageOption`
+  # Defaults to `name`, i.e. `pkgs.vimPlugins.${name}`
+  package ? name,
+  settingsOptions ? { },
+  settingsExample ? null,
+  globalPrefix ? "",
+  extraOptions ? { },
+  # config
+  extraConfig ? cfg: { },
+  extraPlugins ? [ ],
+  extraPackages ? [ ],
+}@args:
+let
+  namespace = if isColorscheme then "colorschemes" else "plugins";
+  loc = [
+    namespace
+    name
+  ];
+
+  createSettingsOption = lib.isString globalPrefix && globalPrefix != "";
+
+  settingsOption = lib.optionalAttrs createSettingsOption {
+    settings = mkSettingsOption {
+      options = settingsOptions;
+      example = settingsExample;
+      inherit name globalPrefix;
+    };
+  };
+
+  module =
+    {
+      config,
+      options,
+      pkgs,
+      ...
+    }:
+    let
+      cfg = lib.getAttrFromPath loc config;
+      opts = lib.getAttrFromPath loc options;
+    in
+    {
+      meta = {
+        inherit maintainers;
+        nixvimInfo = {
+          inherit description;
+          url = args.url or opts.package.default.meta.homepage;
+          path = loc;
+        };
+      };
+
+      options = lib.setAttrByPath loc (
+        {
+          enable = lib.mkEnableOption packPathName;
+          package =
+            if lib.isOption package then
+              package
+            else
+              lib.mkPackageOption pkgs packPathName {
+                default =
+                  if builtins.isList package then
+                    package
+                  else
+                    [
+                      "vimPlugins"
+                      package
+                    ];
+              };
+          packageDecorator = lib.mkOption {
+            type = lib.types.functionTo lib.types.package;
+            default = lib.id;
+            defaultText = lib.literalExpression "x: x";
+            description = ''
+              Additional transformations to apply to the final installed package.
+              The result of these transformations is **not** visible in the `package` option's value.
+            '';
+            internal = true;
+          };
+        }
+        // settingsOption
+        // extraOptions
+      );
+
+      config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable (
+        lib.mkMerge [
+          {
+            inherit extraPackages;
+            extraPlugins = extraPlugins ++ [
+              (cfg.packageDecorator cfg.package)
+            ];
+            globals = lib.nixvim.applyPrefixToAttrs globalPrefix (cfg.settings or { });
+          }
+          (lib.optionalAttrs (isColorscheme && colorscheme != null) {
+            colorscheme = lib.mkDefault colorscheme;
+          })
+          (lib.optionalAttrs (args ? extraConfig) (
+            lib.nixvim.modules.applyExtraConfig {
+              inherit extraConfig cfg opts;
+            }
+          ))
+        ]
+      );
+    };
+in
+{
+  imports =
+    let
+      settingsPath = loc ++ [ "settings" ];
+    in
+    imports
+    ++ [ module ]
+    ++ lib.optional (deprecateExtraConfig && createSettingsOption) (
+      lib.mkRenamedOptionModule (loc ++ [ "extraConfig" ]) settingsPath
+    )
+    ++ lib.nixvim.mkSettingsRenamedOptionModules loc settingsPath optionsRenamedToSettings;
+}
diff --git a/lib/plugins/neovim.nix b/lib/plugins/neovim.nix
index bcaee2c3..7735f0cb 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/neovim.nix
+++ b/lib/plugins/neovim.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-{ lib }:
 {
+  call,
+  lib,
+}:
+{
+  mkNeovimPlugin = call ./mk-neovim-plugin.nix { };
+
   # TODO: DEPRECATED: use the `settings` option instead
   extraOptionsOptions = {
     extraOptions = lib.mkOption {
@@ -11,207 +16,4 @@
       '';
     };
   };
-
-  mkNeovimPlugin =
-    {
-      name,
-      maintainers,
-      url ? throw "default",
-      imports ? [ ],
-      description ? null,
-      # deprecations
-      deprecateExtraOptions ? false,
-      optionsRenamedToSettings ? [ ],
-      # colorscheme
-      isColorscheme ? false,
-      colorscheme ? name,
-      # luaConfig
-      configLocation ? if isColorscheme then "extraConfigLuaPre" else "extraConfigLua",
-      # Some plugin are not supposed to generate lua configuration code.
-      # For example, they might just be configured through some other mean, like global variables
-      hasLuaConfig ? true,
-      # options
-      packPathName ? name,
-      # Can be a string, a list of strings, or a module option:
-      # - A string will be intrpreted as `pkgs.vimPlugins.${package}`
-      # - A list will be interpreted as a "pkgs path", e.g. `pkgs.${elem1}.${elem2}.${etc...}`
-      # - An option will be used as-is, but should be built using `lib.mkPackageOption`
-      # Defaults to `name`, i.e. `pkgs.vimPlugins.${name}`
-      package ? name,
-      settingsOptions ? { },
-      settingsExample ? null,
-      settingsDescription ? "Options provided to the `require('${moduleName}')${setup}` function.",
-      hasSettings ? true,
-      extraOptions ? { },
-      # config
-      moduleName ? name,
-      setup ? ".setup",
-      extraConfig ? cfg: { },
-      extraPlugins ? [ ],
-      extraPackages ? [ ],
-      callSetup ? true,
-    }@args:
-    let
-      namespace = if isColorscheme then "colorschemes" else "plugins";
-      loc = [
-        namespace
-        name
-      ];
-
-      module =
-        {
-          config,
-          options,
-          pkgs,
-          ...
-        }:
-        let
-          cfg = lib.getAttrFromPath loc config;
-          opts = lib.getAttrFromPath loc options;
-
-          setupCode = ''
-            require('${moduleName}')${setup}(${
-              lib.optionalString (cfg ? settings) (lib.nixvim.toLuaObject cfg.settings)
-            })
-          '';
-
-          luaConfigAtLocation = lib.nixvim.modules.mkConfigAt configLocation cfg.luaConfig.content;
-        in
-        {
-          meta = {
-            inherit maintainers;
-            nixvimInfo = {
-              inherit description;
-              url = args.url or opts.package.default.meta.homepage;
-              path = loc;
-            };
-          };
-
-          options = lib.setAttrByPath loc (
-            {
-              enable = lib.mkEnableOption packPathName;
-              lazyLoad = lib.nixvim.mkLazyLoadOption packPathName;
-              package =
-                if lib.isOption package then
-                  package
-                else
-                  lib.mkPackageOption pkgs packPathName {
-                    default =
-                      if builtins.isList package then
-                        package
-                      else
-                        [
-                          "vimPlugins"
-                          package
-                        ];
-                  };
-              packageDecorator = lib.mkOption {
-                type = lib.types.functionTo lib.types.package;
-                default = lib.id;
-                defaultText = lib.literalExpression "x: x";
-                description = ''
-                  Additional transformations to apply to the final installed package.
-                  The result of these transformations is **not** visible in the `package` option's value.
-                '';
-                internal = true;
-              };
-            }
-            // lib.optionalAttrs hasSettings {
-              settings = lib.nixvim.mkSettingsOption {
-                description = settingsDescription;
-                options = settingsOptions;
-                example = settingsExample;
-              };
-            }
-            // lib.optionalAttrs hasLuaConfig {
-              luaConfig = lib.mkOption {
-                type = lib.types.pluginLuaConfig;
-                default = { };
-                description = "The plugin's lua configuration";
-              };
-            }
-            // extraOptions
-          );
-
-          config =
-            assert lib.assertMsg (
-              callSetup -> hasLuaConfig
-            ) "This plugin is supposed to call the `setup()` function but has `hasLuaConfig` set to false";
-            lib.mkIf cfg.enable (
-              lib.mkMerge (
-                [
-                  {
-                    inherit extraPackages;
-                    extraPlugins = extraPlugins ++ [
-                      (cfg.packageDecorator cfg.package)
-                    ];
-                  }
-
-                  (lib.optionalAttrs (isColorscheme && colorscheme != null) {
-                    colorscheme = lib.mkDefault colorscheme;
-                  })
-
-                  # Apply any additional configuration added to `extraConfig`
-                  (lib.optionalAttrs (args ? extraConfig) (
-                    lib.nixvim.modules.applyExtraConfig {
-                      inherit extraConfig cfg opts;
-                    }
-                  ))
-                ]
-                # Lua configuration code generation
-                ++ lib.optionals hasLuaConfig [
-
-                  # Add the plugin setup code `require('foo').setup(...)` to the lua configuration
-                  (lib.optionalAttrs callSetup (lib.setAttrByPath loc { luaConfig.content = setupCode; }))
-
-                  # When NOT lazy loading, write `luaConfig.content` to `configLocation`
-                  (lib.mkIf (!cfg.lazyLoad.enable) luaConfigAtLocation)
-
-                  # When lazy loading is enabled for this plugin, route its configuration to the enabled provider
-                  (lib.mkIf cfg.lazyLoad.enable {
-                    assertions = [
-                      {
-                        assertion = (isColorscheme && colorscheme != null) || cfg.lazyLoad.settings != { };
-                        message = "You have enabled lazy loading for ${packPathName} but have not provided any configuration.";
-                      }
-                    ];
-                    plugins.lz-n = {
-                      plugins = [
-                        (
-                          {
-                            __unkeyed-1 = packPathName;
-                            # Use provided after, otherwise fallback to normal function wrapped lua content
-                            after =
-                              let
-                                after = cfg.lazyLoad.settings.after or null;
-                                default = "function()\n " + cfg.luaConfig.content + " \nend";
-                              in
-                              if (lib.isString after || lib.types.rawLua.check after) then after else default;
-                            colorscheme = lib.mkIf isColorscheme (cfg.lazyLoad.settings.colorscheme or colorscheme);
-                          }
-                          // lib.removeAttrs cfg.lazyLoad.settings [
-                            "after"
-                            "colorscheme"
-                          ]
-                        )
-                      ];
-                    };
-                  })
-                ]
-              )
-            );
-        };
-    in
-    {
-      imports =
-        let
-          settingsPath = loc ++ [ "settings" ];
-        in
-        imports
-        ++ [ module ]
-        ++ lib.optional deprecateExtraOptions (
-          lib.mkRenamedOptionModule (loc ++ [ "extraOptions" ]) settingsPath
-        )
-        ++ lib.nixvim.mkSettingsRenamedOptionModules loc settingsPath optionsRenamedToSettings;
-    };
 }
diff --git a/lib/plugins/vim.nix b/lib/plugins/vim.nix
index 004570da..f1bcb2cb 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/vim.nix
+++ b/lib/plugins/vim.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
-{ lib }:
-rec {
+{
+  call,
+  lib,
+}:
+let
+  inherit (lib.nixvim.plugins.vim)
+    mkSettingsOptionDescription
+    ;
+in
+{
+  mkVimPlugin = call ./mk-vim-plugin.nix { };
+
   mkSettingsOptionDescription =
     { name, globalPrefix }:
     ''
@@ -23,138 +33,4 @@ rec {
       inherit options example;
       description = mkSettingsOptionDescription { inherit name globalPrefix; };
     };
-
-  mkVimPlugin =
-    {
-      name,
-      url ? throw "default",
-      maintainers,
-      imports ? [ ],
-      description ? null,
-      # deprecations
-      deprecateExtraConfig ? false,
-      optionsRenamedToSettings ? [ ],
-      # colorscheme
-      isColorscheme ? false,
-      colorscheme ? name,
-      # options
-      packPathName ? name,
-      # Can be a string, a list of strings, or a module option:
-      # - A string will be intrpreted as `pkgs.vimPlugins.${package}`
-      # - A list will be interpreted as a "pkgs path", e.g. `pkgs.${elem1}.${elem2}.${etc...}`
-      # - An option will be used as-is, but should be built using `lib.mkPackageOption`
-      # Defaults to `name`, i.e. `pkgs.vimPlugins.${name}`
-      package ? name,
-      settingsOptions ? { },
-      settingsExample ? null,
-      globalPrefix ? "",
-      extraOptions ? { },
-      # config
-      extraConfig ? cfg: { },
-      extraPlugins ? [ ],
-      extraPackages ? [ ],
-    }@args:
-    let
-      namespace = if isColorscheme then "colorschemes" else "plugins";
-      loc = [
-        namespace
-        name
-      ];
-
-      createSettingsOption = lib.isString globalPrefix && globalPrefix != "";
-
-      settingsOption = lib.optionalAttrs createSettingsOption {
-        settings = mkSettingsOption {
-          options = settingsOptions;
-          example = settingsExample;
-          inherit name globalPrefix;
-        };
-      };
-
-      module =
-        {
-          config,
-          options,
-          pkgs,
-          ...
-        }:
-        let
-          cfg = lib.getAttrFromPath loc config;
-          opts = lib.getAttrFromPath loc options;
-        in
-        {
-          meta = {
-            inherit maintainers;
-            nixvimInfo = {
-              inherit description;
-              url = args.url or opts.package.default.meta.homepage;
-              path = loc;
-            };
-          };
-
-          options = lib.setAttrByPath loc (
-            {
-              enable = lib.mkEnableOption packPathName;
-              package =
-                if lib.isOption package then
-                  package
-                else
-                  lib.mkPackageOption pkgs packPathName {
-                    default =
-                      if builtins.isList package then
-                        package
-                      else
-                        [
-                          "vimPlugins"
-                          package
-                        ];
-                  };
-              packageDecorator = lib.mkOption {
-                type = lib.types.functionTo lib.types.package;
-                default = lib.id;
-                defaultText = lib.literalExpression "x: x";
-                description = ''
-                  Additional transformations to apply to the final installed package.
-                  The result of these transformations is **not** visible in the `package` option's value.
-                '';
-                internal = true;
-              };
-            }
-            // settingsOption
-            // extraOptions
-          );
-
-          config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable (
-            lib.mkMerge [
-              {
-                inherit extraPackages;
-                extraPlugins = extraPlugins ++ [
-                  (cfg.packageDecorator cfg.package)
-                ];
-                globals = lib.nixvim.applyPrefixToAttrs globalPrefix (cfg.settings or { });
-              }
-              (lib.optionalAttrs (isColorscheme && colorscheme != null) {
-                colorscheme = lib.mkDefault colorscheme;
-              })
-              (lib.optionalAttrs (args ? extraConfig) (
-                lib.nixvim.modules.applyExtraConfig {
-                  inherit extraConfig cfg opts;
-                }
-              ))
-            ]
-          );
-        };
-    in
-    {
-      imports =
-        let
-          settingsPath = loc ++ [ "settings" ];
-        in
-        imports
-        ++ [ module ]
-        ++ lib.optional (deprecateExtraConfig && createSettingsOption) (
-          lib.mkRenamedOptionModule (loc ++ [ "extraConfig" ]) settingsPath
-        )
-        ++ lib.nixvim.mkSettingsRenamedOptionModules loc settingsPath optionsRenamedToSettings;
-    };
 }