diff --git a/common/environment.nix b/common/environment.nix
index 384e88d..122e2f5 100644
--- a/common/environment.nix
+++ b/common/environment.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
     lsof
     tcpdump
     netcat # <3
+
+    # used for nix config
+    colmena
+    agenix
+    rc2nix
   ];
 
   environment.wordlist.enable = true;
diff --git a/common/home-manager.nix b/common/home-manager.nix
index 171a382..e4d7106 100644
--- a/common/home-manager.nix
+++ b/common/home-manager.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 { config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 
 {
-  home-manager = {
-    useUserPackages = true;
-    useGlobalPkgs = true;
-    backupFileExtension = "backup";
+  home-manager.users = {
+    qenya = { config, lib, pkgs, osConfig, ... }: {
+      home.homeDirectory = osConfig.users.users.qenya.home;
+
+      imports = [
+        ../home/qenya
+      ];
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/common/users/qenya.nix b/common/users/qenya.nix
index 19dc8ed..e9d11ad 100644
--- a/common/users/qenya.nix
+++ b/common/users/qenya.nix
@@ -11,9 +11,4 @@ in {
   };
 
   programs.zsh.enable = true;
-
-  home-manager.users.qenya = { config, lib, pkgs, osConfig, ... }: {
-    home.homeDirectory = osConfig.users.users.qenya.home;
-    imports = [ ../../home/qenya ];
-  };
 }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 7f3b793..9746dec 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -42,8 +42,18 @@
         nix.nixPath = [ "nixpkgs=flake:nixpkgs" ];
         nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
 
-        nixpkgs.overlays = [ nur.overlay ];
-        home-manager.sharedModules = [ plasma-manager.homeManagerModules.plasma-manager ];
+        nixpkgs.config.packageOverrides = pkgs: {
+          agenix = inputs.agenix.packages.${config.nixpkgs.hostPlatform.system}.default;
+          rc2nix = inputs.plasma-manager.packages.${config.nixpkgs.hostPlatform.system}.rc2nix;
+        };
+        nixpkgs.overlays = [ inputs.nur.overlay ];
+
+        home-manager = {
+          useUserPackages = true;
+          useGlobalPkgs = true;
+          backupFileExtension = "backup";
+          sharedModules = [ plasma-manager.homeManagerModules.plasma-manager ];
+        };
 
         imports = [
           home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
@@ -88,19 +98,5 @@
         ];
       };
     };
-
-    # TODO: have this work on other systems too
-    devShells."x86_64-linux".default =
-      let
-        system = "x86_64-linux";
-        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
-      in
-      pkgs.mkShell {
-        packages = [
-          pkgs.colmena
-          agenix.packages.${system}.default
-          plasma-manager.packages.${system}.rc2nix
-        ];
-      };
   };
 }
diff --git a/home/qenya/zsh.nix b/home/qenya/zsh.nix
index 42ccf8f..f6ded78 100644
--- a/home/qenya/zsh.nix
+++ b/home/qenya/zsh.nix
@@ -25,15 +25,6 @@
       theme = "agnoster";
     };
 
-    initExtra = ''
-      # If a shell is started in a directory with a shell.nix, automatically run nix-shell
-      if [ -f ./shell.nix ]; then
-        if [ -z "$IN_NIX_SHELL" ]; then
-          nix-shell --command "zsh"
-        fi
-      fi
-    '';
-
     envExtra = ''
       DEFAULT_USER=qenya
     '';
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 688ef15..0000000
--- a/shell.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-let
-  shell = (import
-    (fetchTarball {
-      url = "https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.1.tar.gz";
-      sha256 = "0jm6nzb83wa6ai17ly9fzpqc40wg1viib8klq8lby54agpl213w5";
-    })
-    { src = ./.; }).shellNix;
-in
-shell.devShells.${builtins.currentSystem}