diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/mo/mobilizon/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/mo/mobilizon/package.nix
index 83c82c4bc4db..5df63c96cbc9 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/mo/mobilizon/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/mo/mobilizon/package.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ beamPackages.mixRelease rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     git
-    cmake
   ];
 
   mixNixDeps = import ./mix.nix {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix
index ac2536a46c92..686fedb24d6d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/default.nix
@@ -82,9 +82,14 @@ makeScopeWithSplicing' {
       inherit (pkgs.callPackages ./hooks { })
         beamCopySourceHook
         beamModuleInstallHook
+        mixAppConfigPatchHook
         mixBuildDirHook
         mixCompileHook
-        mixAppConfigPatchHook
+        mixDepsCompileHook
+        mixEscriptSetupHook
+        mixFodDepsSetupHook
+        mixNixDepsSetupHook
+        mixReleaseSetupHook
         rebar3CompileHook
         rebarDevendorPatchHook
         ;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/beam-copy-source-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/beam-copy-source-hook.sh
index a4ffa9fd1413..bdc5056f553c 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/beam-copy-source-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/beam-copy-source-hook.sh
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ beamCopySourceHook() {
   echo "Finished beamCopySourceHook"
 }
 
-postPatchHooks+=(beamCopySourceHook)
+if [ -z "${dontBeamCopySource-}" ]; then
+  postPatchHooks+=(beamCopySourceHook)
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix
index cb567537f628..495b9532cc5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/default.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
     meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
   } ./beam-module-install-hook.sh;
 
+  mixAppConfigPatchHook = makeSetupHook {
+    name = "mix-config-patch-hook.sh";
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  } ./mix-app-config-patch-hook.sh;
+
   mixBuildDirHook = makeSetupHook {
     name = "mix-configure-hook.sh";
     meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
@@ -23,10 +28,30 @@
     meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
   } ./mix-compile-hook.sh;
 
-  mixAppConfigPatchHook = makeSetupHook {
-    name = "mix-config-patch-hook.sh";
+  mixDepsCompileHook = makeSetupHook {
+    name = "mix-deps-compile-hook.sh";
     meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
-  } ./mix-app-config-patch-hook.sh;
+  } ./mix-deps-compile-hook.sh;
+
+  mixEscriptSetupHook = makeSetupHook {
+    name = "mix-escript-setup-hook.sh";
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  } ./mix-escript-setup-hook.sh;
+
+  mixFodDepsSetupHook = makeSetupHook {
+    name = "mix-fod-deps-setup-hook";
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  } ./mix-fod-deps-setup-hook.sh;
+
+  mixNixDepsSetupHook = makeSetupHook {
+    name = "mix-nix-deps-setup-hook";
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  } ./mix-nix-deps-setup-hook.sh;
+
+  mixReleaseSetupHook = makeSetupHook {
+    name = "mix-release-setup-hook.sh";
+    meta.license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  } ./mix-release-setup-hook.sh;
 
   rebar3CompileHook = makeSetupHook {
     name = "rebar3-compile-hook.sh";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-app-config-patch-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-app-config-patch-hook.sh
index 1dd80c5e3e76..0537736c5a9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-app-config-patch-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-app-config-patch-hook.sh
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ mixAppConfigPatchHook() {
   echo "Finished mixAppConfigPatchHook"
 }
 
-prePatchHooks+=(mixAppConfigPatchHook)
+if [ -z "${dontMixAppConfigPatch-}" ]; then
+  prePatchHooks+=(mixAppConfigPatchHook)
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-build-dir-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-build-dir-hook.sh
index c353aaeabc4d..46af5755640e 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-build-dir-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-build-dir-hook.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,13 @@
 mixBuildDirHook() {
   echo "Executing mixBuildDirHook"
 
+  local lib dir dest build_dir
+
   mkdir -p _build/"$MIX_BUILD_PREFIX"/lib
-  while read -r -d ':' lib; do
+  while IFS= read -r -d ':' lib; do
+    [ -n "$lib" ] || continue
     for dir in "$lib"/*; do
+      [ -d "$dir" ] || continue
       # Strip version number for directory name if it exists, so naming of
       # all libs matches what mix's expectation.
       dest=$(basename "$dir" | cut -d '-' -f1)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-deps-compile-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-deps-compile-hook.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..aec8a9e39127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-deps-compile-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+#
+# This is needed for projects that have a specific compile step
+# the dependency needs to be compiled in order for the task
+# to be available.
+#
+# Phoenix projects for example will need compile.phoenix.
+
+mixDepsCompileHook() {
+  echo "Executing mixDepsCompileHook"
+
+  mix deps.compile --no-deps-check --skip-umbrella-children
+
+  echo "Finished mixDepsCompileHook"
+}
+
+if [ -z "${dontMixDepsCompile-}" ]; then
+  postConfigureHooks+=(mixDepsCompileHook)
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-escript-setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-escript-setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f83f483ae93b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-escript-setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+mixEscriptBuild() {
+  echo "Executing mixEscriptBuild"
+
+  mix escript.build --no-deps-check
+
+  echo "Finished mixEscriptBuild"
+}
+
+mixEscriptInstall() {
+  echo "Executing mixEscriptInstall"
+
+  runHook preInstall
+
+  mkdir -p "$out/bin"
+  cp "$escriptBinName" "$out/bin"
+
+  runHook postInstall
+
+  echo "Finished mixEscriptInstall"
+}
+
+if [ -z "${dontMixEscriptBuild-}" ]; then
+  postBuildHooks+=(mixEscriptBuild)
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${dontMixEscriptInstall-}" ] && [ -z "${installPhase-}" ]; then
+  installPhase=mixEscriptInstall
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-fod-deps-setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-fod-deps-setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..2c5235050b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-fod-deps-setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+mixFodDepsPostUnpack() {
+  echo "Executing mixFodDepsPostUnpack"
+
+  if [ -n "${mixFodDeps-}" ]; then
+    # Compilation of the dependencies will require that the dependency path is
+    # writable, thus a copy to the $TEMPDIR is inevitable here.
+    export MIX_DEPS_PATH="$TEMPDIR/deps"
+    cp --no-preserve=mode -R "${mixFodDeps}" "$MIX_DEPS_PATH"
+  fi
+
+  echo "Finished mixFodDepsPostUnpack"
+}
+
+mixFodDepsPostConfigure() {
+  echo "Executing mixFodDepsPostConfigure"
+
+  if [ -n "${mixFodDeps-}" ]; then
+    # Symlink deps to build root. Allows for mixFodDeps Phoenix projects to
+    # find javascript assets.
+    ln -s "$MIX_DEPS_PATH" ./deps
+  fi
+
+  echo "Finished mixFodDepsPostConfigure"
+}
+
+postUnpackHooks+=(mixFodDepsPostUnpack)
+postConfigureHooks+=(mixFodDepsPostConfigure)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-nix-deps-setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-nix-deps-setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..18edca00e514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-nix-deps-setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+#
+# Symlink dependency sources. This is needed for projects that require
+# access to the source of their dependencies. For example, Phoenix
+# projects need javascript assets to build asset bundles.
+
+mixNixDepsPostConfigure() {
+  echo "Executing mixNixDepsPostConfigure"
+
+  local name
+  for name in "${!mixNixDeps[@]}"; do
+    if [ -d "${mixNixDeps[$name]}/src" ]; then
+      mkdir -p deps
+      ln -sv "${mixNixDeps[$name]}/src" "deps/$name"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  echo "Finished mixNixDepsPostConfigure"
+}
+
+postConfigureHooks+=(mixNixDepsPostConfigure)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-release-setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-release-setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81bd142fcc70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/mix-release-setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+
+mixReleaseInstallHook() {
+  echo "Executing mixReleaseInstallHook"
+
+  runHook preInstall
+
+  mix release ${mixReleaseName:+"$mixReleaseName"} --no-deps-check --path "$out"
+
+  runHook postInstall
+
+  echo "Finished mixReleaseInstallHook"
+}
+
+mixReleaseFixupHook() {
+  echo "Executing mixReleaseFixupHook"
+
+  echo "Removing files for Microsoft Windows"
+  rm -f "$out"/bin/*.bat
+
+  echo "Wrapping programs in $out/bin with their runtime deps"
+  find "$out/bin/" -type f -executable | while read f; do
+    wrapProgram "$f" --prefix PATH : "$mixReleaseRuntimePath"
+  done
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2144 # this will only work for a single erts
+  if [ -e "$out"/erts-* ]; then
+    mixReleaseRemoveErlangReferences
+  fi
+
+  echo "Finished mixReleaseFixupHook"
+}
+
+mixReleaseRemoveErlangReferences() {
+  # ERTS is included in the release, then erlang is not required as a runtime dependency.
+  # But, erlang is still referenced in some places. To removed references to erlang,
+  # following steps are required.
+
+  echo "Removing references to erlang"
+
+  # 1. remove references to erlang from plain text files
+  for file in $(rg "${erlang}/lib/erlang" "$out" --files-with-matches); do
+    substituteInPlace "$file" --replace "${erlang}/lib/erlang" "$out"
+  done
+
+  # 2. remove references to erlang from .beam files
+  #
+  # No need to do anything, because it has been handled by "deterministic" option specified
+  # by ERL_COMPILER_OPTIONS.
+
+  # 3. remove references to erlang from normal binary files
+  for file in $(rg "${erlang}/lib/erlang" "$out" --files-with-matches --binary --iglob '!*.beam'); do
+    echo "removing references to erlang in $file"
+    # use bbe to substitute strings in binary files, because using substituteInPlace
+    # on binaries will raise errors
+    bbe -e "s|${erlang}/lib/erlang|$out|" -o "$file".tmp "$file"
+    rm -f "$file"
+    mv "$file".tmp "$file"
+  done
+
+  # References to erlang should be removed from output after above processing.
+}
+
+mixReleaseRemoveCookieHook() {
+  if [ -e "$out/releases/COOKIE" ]; then
+    echo "Removing $out/releases/COOKIE"
+    rm "$out/releases/COOKIE"
+  fi
+}
+
+mixReleaseStripDebugHook() {
+  # Strip debug symbols to avoid hardreferences to "foreign" closures actually
+  # not needed at runtime, while at the same time reduce size of BEAM files.
+  erl -noinput -eval 'lists:foreach(fun(F) -> io:format("Stripping ~p.~n", [F]), beam_lib:strip(F) end, filelib:wildcard("'"$out"'/**/*.beam"))' -s init stop
+}
+
+if [ -z "${dontMixReleaseFixup-}" ]; then
+  preFixupHooks+=(mixReleaseFixupHook)
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${removeCookie-1}" ]; then
+  preFixupHooks+=(mixReleaseRemoveCookieHook)
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${stripDebug-}" ]; then
+  postFixupHooks+=(mixReleaseStripDebugHook)
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${dontMixReleaseInstall-}" ] && [ -z "${installPhase-}" ]; then
+  installPhase=mixReleaseInstallHook
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/rebar-devendor-patch-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/rebar-devendor-patch-hook.sh
index 032bf9b986fe..e0d1a45cfb84 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/rebar-devendor-patch-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/hooks/rebar-devendor-patch-hook.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ rebarDevendorPatchHook() {
   echo "Finished rebarDevendorPatchHook"
 }
 
-prePatchHooks+=(rebarDevendorPatchHook)
+if [ -z "${dontRebarDevendorPatch-}" ]; then
+  prePatchHooks+=(rebarDevendorPatchHook)
+fi
diff --git a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix
index fcb383936249..dd04c592d30b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/beam-modules/mix-release.nix
@@ -12,11 +12,18 @@
   ripgrep,
   bbe,
   makeWrapper,
+  writableTmpDirAsHomeHook,
   coreutils,
   gnused,
   gnugrep,
   gawk,
   mixBuildDirHook,
+  mixCompileHook,
+  mixDepsCompileHook,
+  mixEscriptSetupHook,
+  mixFodDepsSetupHook,
+  mixNixDepsSetupHook,
+  mixReleaseSetupHook,
 }@inputs:
 
 lib.extendMkDerivation {
@@ -25,7 +32,6 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
   excludeDrvArgNames = [
     "compileFlags"
     "erlangCompilerOptions"
-    "mixNixDeps"
   ];
 
   extendDrvArgs =
@@ -41,6 +47,7 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
       mixEnv ? "prod",
       mixTarget ? "host",
       compileFlags ? [ ],
+      mixCompileFlags ? compileFlags,
       # Build a particular named release.
       # see https://hexdocs.pm/mix/1.12/Mix.Tasks.Release.html#content
       mixReleaseName ? "",
@@ -106,20 +113,22 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
             erlang
             elixir
             hex
-            git
-            mixBuildDirHook
-          ]
-        ++
-          # Mix deps
-          (builtins.attrValues mixNixDeps)
-        ++
-          # other compile-time deps
-          [
-            findutils
-            ripgrep
+
             bbe
+            findutils
+            git
             makeWrapper
-          ];
+            ripgrep
+            writableTmpDirAsHomeHook
+
+            mixBuildDirHook
+            mixCompileHook
+            mixDepsCompileHook
+          ]
+        ++ lib.optionals (escriptBinName != null) [ mixEscriptSetupHook ]
+        ++ lib.optionals (escriptBinName == null) [ mixReleaseSetupHook ]
+        ++ lib.optionals (mixFodDeps != null) [ mixFodDepsSetupHook ]
+        ++ lib.optionals (mixNixDeps != { }) ([ mixNixDepsSetupHook ] ++ (builtins.attrValues mixNixDeps));
 
       buildInputs = [
         bashNonInteractive
@@ -158,147 +167,13 @@ lib.extendMkDerivation {
       }
       // (attrs.env or { });
 
-      postUnpack = ''
-        # Mix and Hex
-        export MIX_HOME="$TEMPDIR/mix"
-        export HEX_HOME="$TEMPDIR/hex"
+      inherit erlang;
 
-        # Rebar
-        export REBAR_GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR="$TEMPDIR/rebar3"
-        export REBAR_CACHE_DIR="$TEMPDIR/rebar3.cache"
-
-        ${lib.optionalString (mixFodDeps != null) ''
-          # Compilation of the dependencies will require that the dependency path is
-          # writable, thus a copy to the $TEMPDIR is inevitable here.
-          export MIX_DEPS_PATH="$TEMPDIR/deps"
-          cp --no-preserve=mode -R "${mixFodDeps}" "$MIX_DEPS_PATH"
-        ''}
-      ''
-      + (attrs.postUnpack or "");
-
-      configurePhase =
-        attrs.configurePhase or ''
-          runHook preConfigure
-
-          # This is needed for projects that have a specific compile step
-          # the dependency needs to be compiled in order for the task
-          # to be available.
-          #
-          # Phoenix projects for example will need compile.phoenix.
-          mix deps.compile --no-deps-check --skip-umbrella-children
-
-          # Symlink dependency sources. This is needed for projects that require
-          # access to the source of their dependencies. For example, Phoenix
-          # projects need javascript assets to build asset bundles.
-          ${lib.optionalString (mixNixDeps != { }) ''
-            mkdir -p deps
-
-            ${lib.concatMapAttrsStringSep "\n" (name: dep: ''
-              dep_path="deps/${name}"
-              if [ -d "${dep}/src" ]; then
-                ln -sv ${dep}/src $dep_path
-              fi
-            '') mixNixDeps}
-          ''}
-
-          # Symlink deps to build root. Similar to above, but allows for mixFodDeps
-          # Phoenix projects to find javascript assets.
-          ${lib.optionalString (mixFodDeps != null) ''
-            ln -s "$MIX_DEPS_PATH" ./deps
-          ''}
-
-          runHook postConfigure
-        '';
-
-      buildPhase =
-        attrs.buildPhase or ''
-          runHook preBuild
-
-          mix compile --no-deps-check ${lib.concatStringsSep " " compileFlags}
-
-          ${lib.optionalString (escriptBinName != null) ''
-            mix escript.build --no-deps-check
-          ''}
-
-          runHook postBuild
-        '';
-
-      installPhase =
-        attrs.installPhase or ''
-          runHook preInstall
-
-          ${
-            if (escriptBinName != null) then
-              ''
-                mkdir -p $out/bin
-                cp ${escriptBinName} $out/bin
-              ''
-            else
-              ''
-                mix release ${mixReleaseName} --no-deps-check --path "$out"
-              ''
-          }
-
-          runHook postInstall
-        '';
-
-      postFixup = ''
-        echo "removing files for Microsoft Windows"
-        rm -f "$out"/bin/*.bat
-
-        echo "wrapping programs in $out/bin with their runtime deps"
-        for f in $(find $out/bin/ -type f -executable); do
-          wrapProgram "$f" \
-            --prefix PATH : ${
-              lib.makeBinPath [
-                coreutils
-                gnused
-                gnugrep
-                gawk
-              ]
-            }
-        done
-      ''
-      + lib.optionalString removeCookie ''
-        if [ -e $out/releases/COOKIE ]; then
-          echo "removing $out/releases/COOKIE"
-          rm $out/releases/COOKIE
-        fi
-      ''
-      + ''
-        if [ -e $out/erts-* ]; then
-          # ERTS is included in the release, then erlang is not required as a runtime dependency.
-          # But, erlang is still referenced in some places. To removed references to erlang,
-          # following steps are required.
-
-          # 1. remove references to erlang from plain text files
-          for file in $(rg "${erlang}/lib/erlang" "$out" --files-with-matches); do
-            echo "removing references to erlang in $file"
-            substituteInPlace "$file" --replace "${erlang}/lib/erlang" "$out"
-          done
-
-          # 2. remove references to erlang from .beam files
-          #
-          # No need to do anything, because it has been handled by "deterministic" option specified
-          # by ERL_COMPILER_OPTIONS.
-
-          # 3. remove references to erlang from normal binary files
-          for file in $(rg "${erlang}/lib/erlang" "$out" --files-with-matches --binary --iglob '!*.beam'); do
-            echo "removing references to erlang in $file"
-            # use bbe to substitute strings in binary files, because using substituteInPlace
-            # on binaries will raise errors
-            bbe -e "s|${erlang}/lib/erlang|$out|" -o "$file".tmp "$file"
-            rm -f "$file"
-            mv "$file".tmp "$file"
-          done
-
-          # References to erlang should be removed from output after above processing.
-        fi
-      ''
-      + lib.optionalString stripDebug ''
-        # Strip debug symbols to avoid hardreferences to "foreign" closures actually
-        # not needed at runtime, while at the same time reduce size of BEAM files.
-        erl -noinput -eval 'lists:foreach(fun(F) -> io:format("Stripping ~p.~n", [F]), beam_lib:strip(F) end, filelib:wildcard("'"$out"'/**/*.beam"))' -s init stop
-      '';
+      mixReleaseRuntimePath = lib.makeBinPath [
+        coreutils
+        gnused
+        gnugrep
+        gawk
+      ];
     };
 }