diff --git a/deployment/check/data-model-ssh/data-model.nix b/deployment/check/data-model-ssh/data-model.nix
index 9245d7d1..d3df53bf 100644
--- a/deployment/check/data-model-ssh/data-model.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/data-model-ssh/data-model.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   ...
 }@args:
 let
-  self = "deployment/check/data-model-ssh/data-model.nix";
   inherit (sources) nixpkgs;
   pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
   inherit (pkgs) lib;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ in
                 key-file = null;
                 inherit sshOpts;
               };
-              module = self;
+              caller = "deployment/check/data-model-ssh/data-model.nix";
               inherit args deployment-name;
               root-path = pathToRoot;
             };
diff --git a/deployment/check/data-model-tf/data-model.nix b/deployment/check/data-model-tf/data-model.nix
index 5b33d835..a765fdc1 100644
--- a/deployment/check/data-model-tf/data-model.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/data-model-tf/data-model.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   ...
 }@args:
 let
-  self = "deployment/check/data-model-tf/data-model.nix";
   inherit (sources) nixpkgs;
   pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
   inherit (pkgs) lib;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ in
                 key-file = null;
                 inherit sshOpts;
               };
-              module = self;
+              caller = "deployment/check/data-model-tf/data-model.nix";
               inherit args deployment-name httpBackend;
               root-path = pathToRoot;
             };
diff --git a/deployment/data-model.nix b/deployment/data-model.nix
index 3cc489f8..93295d51 100644
--- a/deployment/data-model.nix
+++ b/deployment/data-model.nix
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ let
   writeConfig =
     {
       system,
-      module,
+      caller,
       root-path,
       deployment-type,
       deployment-name,
       args,
     }:
-    # having a `module` location and (serializable) `args`, we know
+    # having a `caller` location and (serializable) `args`, we know
     # enough to call it again to extract different info elsewhere later.
     # we use this to make a deployment script using the desired nixos config,
     # which would otherwise not be serializable, while nix also makes it hard to
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ let
       pkgs.writers.writeText "configuration.nix" ''
         import ${root-path}/deployment/nixos.nix {
           system = "${system}";
-          configuration = (import "${root-path}/${module}" (builtins.fromJSON "${
+          configuration = (import "${root-path}/${caller}" (builtins.fromJSON "${
             lib.replaceStrings [ "\"" ] [ "\\\"" ] (lib.strings.toJSON args)
           }")).${deployment-name}.${deployment-type}.nixos-configuration;
         }
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ let
           };
           inherit nixos-configuration;
           ssh = host-ssh;
-          module = mkOption {
-            description = "The module to call to obtain the NixOS configuration from.";
+          caller = mkOption {
+            description = "The calling module to obtain the NixOS configuration from.";
             type = types.str;
           };
           args = mkOption {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ let
                 inherit (ssh-host.config)
                   system
                   ssh
-                  module
+                  caller
                   args
                   deployment-name
                   root-path
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ let
                   nixos_conf = writeConfig {
                     inherit
                       system
-                      module
+                      caller
                       args
                       deployment-name
                       root-path
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ let
           };
           inherit nixos-configuration;
           ssh = host-ssh;
-          module = mkOption {
-            description = "The module to call to obtain the NixOS configuration from.";
+          caller = mkOption {
+            description = "The calling module to obtain the NixOS configuration from.";
             type = types.str;
           };
           args = mkOption {
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ let
                 inherit (tf-host.config)
                   system
                   ssh
-                  module
+                  caller
                   args
                   deployment-name
                   root-path
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ let
                   nixos_conf = writeConfig {
                     inherit
                       system
-                      module
+                      caller
                       args
                       deployment-name
                       root-path