diff --git a/eclass/nginx-module.eclass b/eclass/nginx-module.eclass
index efa93f376701e..c470fcb5f00c4 100644
--- a/eclass/nginx-module.eclass
+++ b/eclass/nginx-module.eclass
@@ -309,27 +309,39 @@ ngx_mod_link_lib() {
 #-----> ebuild-defined variables <-----
 
 # @ECLASS_VARIABLE: NGINX_MOD_S
+# @DEPRECATED: S
 # @DESCRIPTION:
+# This variable is deprecated.  ${S} must be used directly instead.
+#
+# Deprecated description:
 # Holds the path to the module source directory, used in various phase
 # functions.  If unset at the time of inherit, defaults to ${S}.
-: "${NGINX_MOD_S=${S}}"
+if [[ -n ${NGINX_MOD_S} ]]; then
+	eqawarn "\${NGINX_MOD_S} will be removed in EAPI 9 and must not be used."
+	eqawarn "Use \${S} directly instead."
+	# Backwards compatibility stub for modules redefining module's source path
+	# via ${NGINX_MOD_S}.
+	S="${NGINX_MOD_S}"
+fi
 
 # @ECLASS_VARIABLE: NGINX_MOD_CONFIG_DIR
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # Holds the path of the directory containing the config script relative to the
-# module source directory specified by the ${NGINX_MOD_S} variable.  If unset at
-# the time of inherit, defaults to "" (an empty string, meaning the config
-# script is located at the root of the module source directory).
+# module source directory specified by the ${S} variable.  If unset at the time
+# of inherit, defaults to "" (an empty string, meaning the config script is
+# located at the root of the module source directory).
 #
-# For example, in www-nginx/njs, NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${P}" and
+# For example, in www-nginx/njs, S="${WORKDIR}/${P}" and
 # NGINX_MOD_CONFIG_DIR="nginx".
 : "${NGINX_MOD_CONFIG_DIR=""}"
 
-# The ${S} variable is set to the path of the directory where the actual build
-# will be performed. In this directory, symbolic links to NGINX's build system
-# and NGINX's headers are created by the nginx-module_src_unpack() phase
-# function.
-S="${WORKDIR}/nginx"
+# @ECLASS_VARIABLE: NGINX_S
+# @INTERNAL
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# Path of the fake NGINX build environment directory where the actual build will
+# be performed.  In this directory, symbolic links to NGINX's build system and
+# NGINX's headers are created in the nginx-module_src_prepare() phase function.
+NGINX_S="${WORKDIR}/nginx"
 
 # @ECLASS_VARIABLE: NGINX_MOD_SHARED_OBJECTS
 # @OUTPUT_VARIABLE
@@ -524,34 +536,40 @@ unset -f _ngx_mod_set_test_env
 
 #-----> Phase functions <-----
 
-# @FUNCTION: nginx-module_src_unpack
-# @DESCRIPTION:
-# Unpacks the sources and sets up the build directory in S=${WORKDIR}/nginx.
-# Creates the following symbolic links (to not copy the files over):
-#  - '${S}/src' -> '/usr/include/nginx',
-#  - '${S}/auto' -> '/usr/src/nginx/auto',
-#  - '${S}/configure' -> '/usr/src/nginx/configure'.
-# For additional information, see the nginx.eclass source, namely the
-# nginx_src_install() function.
-nginx-module_src_unpack() {
-	debug-print-function "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$@"
-	default_src_unpack
-	mkdir nginx || die "mkdir failed"
-	ln -s "${BROOT}/usr/src/nginx/configure" nginx/configure || die "ln failed"
-	ln -s "${BROOT}/usr/src/nginx/auto" nginx/auto || die "ln failed"
-	ln -s "${ESYSROOT}/usr/include/nginx" nginx/src || die "ln failed"
-}
-
 # @FUNCTION: nginx-module_src_prepare
 # @DESCRIPTION:
-# Patches module's initialisation code so that any module's preprocessor
-# definitions appear in the separate '__ngx_gentoo_mod_config.h' file inside the
-# 'build' directory.  This function also makes module's "config" script clear
-# whatever content build/ngx_auto_config.h may have at the time of invocation.
-# Then, default_src_prepare() is called.
+# Creates a fake build environment and patches the module's initialisation code
+# to play nicely with it.
+#
+# In the build environment initialisation part, the following symbolic links are
+# created (to not copy files over):
+#  - '${NGINX_S}/src' -> '/usr/include/nginx',
+#  - '${NGINX_S}/auto' -> '/usr/src/nginx/auto',
+#  - '${NGINX_S}/configure' -> '/usr/src/nginx/configure'.
+# For additional information of what resides under linked paths, see the
+# nginx.eclass source, namely the nginx_src_install() function.
+#
+# The second part of the function patches module's initialisation code so that
+# any module's preprocessor definitions appear in the separate
+# '__ngx_gentoo_mod_config.h' file inside the 'build' directory.  This function
+# also makes module's "config" script clear whatever content
+# build/ngx_auto_config.h may have at the time of invocation. Then,
+# default_src_prepare() is called.
 nginx-module_src_prepare() {
 	debug-print-function "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$@"
-	pushd "${NGINX_MOD_S}/${NGINX_MOD_CONFIG_DIR}" >/dev/null ||
+
+	# Set up a fake build environment by creating symlinks to the build system
+	# and the headers.
+	ebegin "Setting up fake NGINX build environment"
+	mkdir "${NGINX_S}" || die "mkdir failed"
+	pushd "${NGINX_S}" >/dev/null || die "pushd failed"
+	ln -s "${BROOT}/usr/src/nginx/configure" configure || die "ln failed"
+	ln -s "${BROOT}/usr/src/nginx/auto" auto || die "ln failed"
+	ln -s "${ESYSROOT}/usr/include/nginx" src || die "ln failed"
+	popd >/dev/null || die "popd failed"
+	eend 0
+
+	pushd "${S}/${NGINX_MOD_CONFIG_DIR}" >/dev/null ||
 		die "pushd failed"
 
 	ebegin "Patching module's config"
@@ -588,12 +606,9 @@ nginx-module_src_prepare() {
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2320
 	eend $? || die "printf failed"
 
-	# cd into module root and apply patches.
-	pushd "${NGINX_MOD_S}" >/dev/null || die "pushd failed"
+	# Get back into the module root and apply patches.
+	popd >/dev/null || die "popd failed"
 	default_src_prepare
-	popd >/dev/null || die "popd failed"
-
-	popd >/dev/null || die "popd failed"
 }
 
 # @FUNCTION: nginx-module_src_configure
@@ -608,6 +623,8 @@ nginx-module_src_prepare() {
 # NGINX_MOD_LINK_MODULES is set.
 nginx-module_src_configure() {
 	debug-print-function "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$@"
+	pushd "${NGINX_S}" >/dev/null || die "pushd failed"
+
 	local ngx_mod_flags
 	ngx_mod_flags=(
 		--with-cc="$(tc-getCC)"
@@ -619,7 +636,7 @@ nginx-module_src_configure() {
 		--with-cc-opt="-isystem src/modules"
 		--with-ld-opt="${LDFLAGS}"
 		--builddir=build
-		--add-dynamic-module="${NGINX_MOD_S}/${NGINX_MOD_CONFIG_DIR}"
+		--add-dynamic-module="${S}/${NGINX_MOD_CONFIG_DIR}"
 	)
 
 	# NGINX build system adds directories under src/ to the include path based
@@ -672,6 +689,8 @@ nginx-module_src_configure() {
 		die "cat failed"
 	cp "${ESYSROOT}/usr/include/nginx/ngx_auto_headers.h" build ||
 		die "cp failed"
+
+	popd >/dev/null || die "popd failed"
 }
 
 # @FUNCTION: nginx-module_src_compile
@@ -680,11 +699,15 @@ nginx-module_src_configure() {
 # NGINX_MOD_SHARED_OBJECTS array.
 nginx-module_src_compile() {
 	debug-print-function "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$@"
+	pushd "${NGINX_S}" >/dev/null || die "pushd failed"
+
 	emake modules
 	# Save the basenames of all the compiled modules into the
 	# NGINX_MOD_SHARED_OBJECTS array.
 	mapfile -d '' NGINX_MOD_SHARED_OBJECTS < \
-		<(find -H "${S}/build" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.so' -printf '%P\0')
+		<(find -H "${NGINX_S}/build" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.so' -printf '%P\0')
+
+	popd >/dev/null || die "popd failed"
 }
 
 # @FUNCTION: nginx-module_src_test
@@ -743,8 +766,6 @@ nginx-module_src_test() {
 		TEST_NGINX_LOAD_MODULES="${pkg_sonames[*]} ${TEST_NGINX_LOAD_MODULES}"
 	fi
 
-	pushd "${NGINX_MOD_S}" >/dev/null || die "pushd failed"
-
 	# If NGINX_MOD_LINK_MODULES is non-empty, meaning the current module is
 	# linked to another module in moddir, set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the module's
 	# directory so that the dynamic loader can find shared objects we depend on.
@@ -754,8 +775,6 @@ nginx-module_src_test() {
 	# Tests break when run in parallel.
 	TEST_NGINX_SERVROOT="${T}/servroot" \
 		edo prove -j1 -I. -r ./"${NGINX_MOD_TEST_DIR}"
-
-	popd >/dev/null || die "popd failed"
 }
 
 # @FUNCTION: nginx-module_src_install
@@ -764,7 +783,7 @@ nginx-module_src_test() {
 nginx-module_src_install() {
 	debug-print-function "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "$@"
 	insinto "/usr/$(get_libdir)/nginx/modules"
-	doins build/*.so
+	doins "${NGINX_S}"/build/*.so
 }
 
 # @FUNCTION: nginx-module_pkg_postinst
@@ -789,5 +808,5 @@ nginx-module_pkg_postinst() {
 
 fi
 
-EXPORT_FUNCTIONS src_unpack src_prepare src_configure src_compile src_test \
-	src_install pkg_postinst
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS src_prepare src_configure src_compile src_test src_install \
+	pkg_postinst
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-auth-ldap/ngx-auth-ldap-0.1_p20240424.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-auth-ldap/ngx-auth-ldap-0.1_p20240424.ebuild
index 5b040b6199090..2492eafd1f6b7 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-auth-ldap/ngx-auth-ldap-0.1_p20240424.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-auth-ldap/ngx-auth-ldap-0.1_p20240424.ebuild
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="nginx-auth-ldap"
 MY_COMMIT="241200eac8e4acae74d353291bd27f79e5ca3dc4"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${MY_COMMIT}"
 
 inherit nginx-module
 
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/kvspb/nginx-auth-ldap/archive/${MY_COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${MY_COMMIT}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-authpam/ngx-authpam-1.5.5.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-authpam/ngx-authpam-1.5.5.ebuild
index ba433c68ce388..82ff3fb336f7e 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-authpam/ngx-authpam-1.5.5.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-authpam/ngx-authpam-1.5.5.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="ngx_http_auth_pam_module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 inherit nginx-module
 
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/sto/ngx_http_auth_pam_module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 
@@ -25,5 +26,5 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 src_install() {
 	nginx-module_src_install
 
-	dodoc "${NGINX_MOD_S}/ChangeLog"
+	dodoc ChangeLog
 }
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-brotli/ngx-brotli-1.0.0_rc_p20231109.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-brotli/ngx-brotli-1.0.0_rc_p20231109.ebuild
index 208fced4ea520..7f0425c5dc8e2 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-brotli/ngx-brotli-1.0.0_rc_p20231109.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-brotli/ngx-brotli-1.0.0_rc_p20231109.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ EAPI=8
 NGX_BROTLI_P="ngx-brotli-a71f9312c2deb28875acc7bacfdd5695a111aa53"
 
 MY_PN="${PN//-/_}"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${NGX_BROTLI_P#ngx-brotli-}"
 inherit nginx-module
 
 DESCRIPTION="NGINX module for Brotli compression"
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/google/ngx_brotli/archive/${NGX_BROTLI_P#ngx-brotli-}.tar.gz -> ${NGX_BROTLI_P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${NGX_BROTLI_P#ngx-brotli-}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-cache-purge/ngx-cache-purge-2.3.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-cache-purge/ngx-cache-purge-2.3.ebuild
index c268cf0a2d48b..2c7e6a286a357 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-cache-purge/ngx-cache-purge-2.3.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-cache-purge/ngx-cache-purge-2.3.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="ngx_cache_purge"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_OPENRESTY_TESTS=1
 inherit nginx-module
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/FRiCKLE/ngx_cache_purge/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-dav-ext/ngx-dav-ext-3.0.0.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-dav-ext/ngx-dav-ext-3.0.0.ebuild
index 667f6f3db53f9..26a215ba4e849 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-dav-ext/ngx-dav-ext-3.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-dav-ext/ngx-dav-ext-3.0.0.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="nginx-dav-ext-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 inherit nginx-module
 
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/arut/nginx-dav-ext-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-echo/ngx-echo-0.63.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-echo/ngx-echo-0.63.ebuild
index 331978a4ab883..1014cf32d2d84 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-echo/ngx-echo-0.63.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-echo/ngx-echo-0.63.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="echo-nginx-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_OPENRESTY_TESTS=1
 NGINX_MOD_TEST_LOAD_ORDER=(
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/openresty/echo-nginx-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-encrypted-session/ngx-encrypted-session-0.09.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-encrypted-session/ngx-encrypted-session-0.09.ebuild
index d832bd83e182f..9f539cae87400 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-encrypted-session/ngx-encrypted-session-0.09.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-encrypted-session/ngx-encrypted-session-0.09.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="encrypted-session-nginx-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_LINK_MODULES=( www-nginx/ngx_devel_kit )
 
@@ -22,6 +21,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/openresty/encrypted-session-nginx-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-eval/ngx-eval-0_p20240817.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-eval/ngx-eval-0_p20240817.ebuild
index a893d7bd518d1..169a8eb8739ea 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-eval/ngx-eval-0_p20240817.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-eval/ngx-eval-0_p20240817.ebuild
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_COMMIT="13425e897c19f4f4436c5ca4414dddd37fc65190"
 MY_P="nginx-eval-module-${MY_COMMIT}"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_OPENRESTY_TESTS=1
 NGINX_MOD_TEST_LOAD_ORDER=(
@@ -20,6 +19,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/openresty/nginx-eval-module/archive/${MY_COMMIT}.tar.gz -> ${MY_P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-geoip2/ngx-geoip2-3.4.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-geoip2/ngx-geoip2-3.4.ebuild
index 5a4bb04df73c8..08bd55de8691a 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-geoip2/ngx-geoip2-3.4.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-geoip2/ngx-geoip2-3.4.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="ngx_http_geoip2_module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 inherit nginx-module
 
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/leev/ngx_http_geoip2_module/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-headers-more/ngx-headers-more-0.37.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-headers-more/ngx-headers-more-0.37.ebuild
index 25d2eed4524df..891a3b93e5bf7 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-headers-more/ngx-headers-more-0.37.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-headers-more/ngx-headers-more-0.37.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="headers-more-nginx-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_OPENRESTY_TESTS=1
 # ngx-headers-more must be loaded after ngx-lua-module module for test to work.
@@ -22,6 +21,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/openresty/headers-more-nginx-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-iconv/ngx-iconv-0.14.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-iconv/ngx-iconv-0.14.ebuild
index 84be156f35911..8ad0619834131 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-iconv/ngx-iconv-0.14.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-iconv/ngx-iconv-0.14.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="iconv-nginx-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_LINK_MODULES=( www-nginx/ngx_devel_kit )
 
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/calio/iconv-nginx-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-lua-module/ngx-lua-module-0.10.27.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-lua-module/ngx-lua-module-0.10.27.ebuild
index e5b72c9753a3a..dd6bd441bb067 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-lua-module/ngx-lua-module-0.10.27.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-lua-module/ngx-lua-module-0.10.27.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ EAPI=8
 LUA_COMPAT=( luajit )
 
 MY_PN="lua-nginx-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_LINK_MODULES=( www-nginx/ngx_devel_kit )
 
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/openresty/lua-nginx-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
@@ -55,6 +56,6 @@ src_install() {
 
 	# Install headers from 'src/api' into '/usr/include/nginx/modules'.
 	insinto /usr/include/nginx/modules
-	find "${NGINX_MOD_S}/src/api" -type f -name '*.h' -print0 | xargs -0 doins
+	find src/api -type f -name '*.h' -print0 | xargs -0 doins
 	assert "find failed"
 }
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-lua-upstream/ngx-lua-upstream-0.07.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-lua-upstream/ngx-lua-upstream-0.07.ebuild
index 36fdbfe42c416..6c2f9e8bab189 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-lua-upstream/ngx-lua-upstream-0.07.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-lua-upstream/ngx-lua-upstream-0.07.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ EAPI=8
 LUA_COMPAT=( luajit )
 
 MY_PN="lua-upstream-nginx-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_LINK_MODULES=( www-nginx/ngx-lua-module )
 
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/openresty/lua-upstream-nginx-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-memc/ngx-memc-0.20.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-memc/ngx-memc-0.20.ebuild
index c94d7368e5f90..d2096c872e3b8 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-memc/ngx-memc-0.20.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-memc/ngx-memc-0.20.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="memc-nginx-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_OPENRESTY_TESTS=1
 NGINX_MOD_TEST_LOAD_ORDER=(
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/openresty/memc-nginx-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-modsecurity/ngx-modsecurity-1.0.4.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-modsecurity/ngx-modsecurity-1.0.4.ebuild
index 2ff9f95b55aef..6d39eb7e45da7 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-modsecurity/ngx-modsecurity-1.0.4.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-modsecurity/ngx-modsecurity-1.0.4.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="ModSecurity-nginx"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-v${PV}"
 
 inherit nginx-module
 
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/owasp-modsecurity/ModSecurity-nginx/releases/download/v${PV}/${MY_PN}-v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-v${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-naxsi/ngx-naxsi-1.7-r1.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-naxsi/ngx-naxsi-1.7-r1.ebuild
index 4a5888a087af2..ce22466d986fa 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-naxsi/ngx-naxsi-1.7-r1.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-naxsi/ngx-naxsi-1.7-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="naxsi"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 NGINX_MOD_CONFIG_DIR="naxsi_src"
 
 inherit nginx-module
@@ -17,6 +16,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/wargio/naxsi/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 src_install() {
 	nginx-module_src_install
 	insinto /etc/nginx/naxsi
-	doins -r "${NGINX_MOD_S}"/naxsi_rules/*
+	doins -r naxsi_rules/*
 	docompress -x "/usr/share/doc/${PF}"
-	dodoc -r "${NGINX_MOD_S}"/docs/*
+	dodoc -r docs/*
 }
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-push-stream/ngx-push-stream-0.6.0.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-push-stream/ngx-push-stream-0.6.0.ebuild
index 1fb3c3a8bc372..c15f1084571ba 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-push-stream/ngx-push-stream-0.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-push-stream/ngx-push-stream-0.6.0.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="nginx-push-stream-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 inherit nginx-module
 
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/wandenberg/nginx-push-stream-module/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="GPL-3+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-rtmp/ngx-rtmp-1.2.2.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-rtmp/ngx-rtmp-1.2.2.ebuild
index a341e3d6681f2..527ff5342e5e2 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-rtmp/ngx-rtmp-1.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-rtmp/ngx-rtmp-1.2.2.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="nginx-rtmp-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 inherit nginx-module
 
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-set-misc/ngx-set-misc-0.33.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-set-misc/ngx-set-misc-0.33.ebuild
index 2f281e30cbd92..d63a80ddf472e 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-set-misc/ngx-set-misc-0.33.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-set-misc/ngx-set-misc-0.33.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="set-misc-nginx-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_LINK_MODULES=( www-nginx/ngx_devel_kit )
 
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/openresty/set-misc-nginx-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-srcache/ngx-srcache-0.33.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-srcache/ngx-srcache-0.33.ebuild
index 13a4707148666..71ed96b1985ba 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-srcache/ngx-srcache-0.33.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-srcache/ngx-srcache-0.33.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="srcache-nginx-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 NGINX_MOD_OPENRESTY_TESTS=1
 # ngx-srcache must be after ngx-xss, but before ngx-lua-module. The former might
@@ -25,6 +24,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/openresty/srcache-nginx-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-upload-progress/ngx-upload-progress-0.9.3.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-upload-progress/ngx-upload-progress-0.9.3.ebuild
index 6502419dc8f2e..0461b8f06f21c 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-upload-progress/ngx-upload-progress-0.9.3.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-upload-progress/ngx-upload-progress-0.9.3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/masterzen/nginx-upload-progress-module"
 SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/masterzen/nginx-upload-progress-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-vod/ngx-vod-1.33.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-vod/ngx-vod-1.33.ebuild
index 21c50e6482e29..5a9f493bff0fe 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-vod/ngx-vod-1.33.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-vod/ngx-vod-1.33.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="nginx-vod-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 inherit nginx-module
 
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/kaltura/nginx-vod-module/archive/refs/tags/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="AGPL-3+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-vts/ngx-vts-0.2.4.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-vts/ngx-vts-0.2.4.ebuild
index a979e52cdef7d..db24c5d6d0ae7 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-vts/ngx-vts-0.2.4.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-vts/ngx-vts-0.2.4.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="nginx-module-vts"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 inherit nginx-module
 
@@ -14,6 +13,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/vozlt/nginx-module-vts/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
@@ -21,10 +22,10 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
 src_install() {
 	nginx-module_src_install
 
-	dodoc "${NGINX_MOD_S}/CHANGELOG.md"
+	dodoc CHANGELOG.md
 	# Install the HTML status pages.
 	insinto usr/share/"${PN}"
-	doins "${NGINX_MOD_S}"/share/*.html
+	doins share/*.html
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx-xss/ngx-xss-0.06.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx-xss/ngx-xss-0.06.ebuild
index 84d38cc1109c8..0b4e1e2f51e9b 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx-xss/ngx-xss-0.06.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx-xss/ngx-xss-0.06.ebuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="xss-nginx-module"
-NGINX_MOD_S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
 
 # Strangely, 10-year-old tests work perfectly.
 NGINX_MOD_OPENRESTY_TESTS=1
@@ -20,6 +19,8 @@ SRC_URI="
 	https://github.com/openresty/xss-nginx-module/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz
 "
 
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_PN}-${PV}"
+
 LICENSE="BSD-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
diff --git a/www-nginx/ngx_devel_kit/ngx_devel_kit-0.3.4.ebuild b/www-nginx/ngx_devel_kit/ngx_devel_kit-0.3.4.ebuild
index b69ecf8b00fb1..cd4fdaf60682d 100644
--- a/www-nginx/ngx_devel_kit/ngx_devel_kit-0.3.4.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/ngx_devel_kit/ngx_devel_kit-0.3.4.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -35,12 +35,8 @@ src_configure() {
 src_install() {
 	nginx-module_src_install
 
-	pushd "${NGINX_MOD_S}" >/dev/null || die "pushd failed"
-
 	# Install ngx_devel_kit's headers for use by other modules.
 	insinto /usr/include/nginx/modules
 	find objs src -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.h' -print0 | xargs -0 doins
 	assert "find failed"
-
-	popd >/dev/null || die "popd failed"
 }
diff --git a/www-nginx/njs/njs-0.9.4.ebuild b/www-nginx/njs/njs-0.9.4.ebuild
index 1c6e6d36d89f3..121278b44e2ce 100644
--- a/www-nginx/njs/njs-0.9.4.ebuild
+++ b/www-nginx/njs/njs-0.9.4.ebuild
@@ -66,13 +66,11 @@ src_configure() {
 		myargs+=( "${nocliargs[@]}" )
 	fi
 
-	pushd "${NGINX_MOD_S}" >/dev/null || die "pushd failed"
 	edo ./configure "${myargs[@]}"
-	popd >/dev/null || die "popd failed"
 
 	## The NGINX module part.
 	# Build the stream module unconditionally.
-	sed -i "s/\\\$STREAM/YES/" "${NGINX_MOD_S}/${NGINX_MOD_CONFIG_DIR}/config" ||
+	sed -i "s/\\\$STREAM/YES/" nginx/config ||
 		die "sed failed"
 
 	# Export PKG_CONFIG for pkg-config-based QuickJS-NG detection.
@@ -101,16 +99,16 @@ src_configure() {
 src_compile() {
 	# Build the core first.
 	if use tools; then
-		emake -C "${NGINX_MOD_S}"
+		emake
 	else
-		emake -C "${NGINX_MOD_S}" libnjs libqjs
+		emake libnjs libqjs
 	fi
 
 	nginx-module_src_compile
 }
 
 src_install() {
-	use tools && dobin "${NGINX_MOD_S}"/build/njs
+	use tools && dobin build/njs
 
 	nginx-module_src_install
 }