diff --git a/nix/flake.lock b/nix/flake.lock
index 100c5c8..ba479bb 100644
--- a/nix/flake.lock
+++ b/nix/flake.lock
@@ -20,24 +20,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "dotfiles": {
-      "flake": false,
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1686302382,
-        "narHash": "sha256-BKJnBMPuFylshzuY8EQoyP6xuAGcxCauJspl1cVkg/A=",
-        "ref": "refs/heads/master",
-        "rev": "4ea89899caf8a0fd87cdfdc4601f7e79fc666c37",
-        "revCount": 360,
-        "submodules": true,
-        "type": "git",
-        "url": "https://github.com/keanuplayz/dotfiles"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "submodules": true,
-        "type": "git",
-        "url": "https://github.com/keanuplayz/dotfiles"
-      }
-    },
     "home-manager": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -45,11 +27,11 @@
         ]
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1686305101,
-        "narHash": "sha256-xCgeI+uTKay3Ab3tMdP9m9flIJbFkRMKwRAmg5PQhJQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1686265152,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ArdPMx2G2rWlnGlqfIV+efTKXcN7F3W0/b5XKYq7n8E=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "1e5d741ea3f3290d7ac06a02ded24bfdc7aadb37",
+        "rev": "2bbfc3a78afb4ea60345a5660d8d4173da66c884",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -60,11 +42,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1686265002,
-        "narHash": "sha256-JcRprVevSl5JNCp2oHy8fd3zvTsnuQgVCay0/sP/1GE=",
+        "lastModified": 1686087926,
+        "narHash": "sha256-mXzfJpCCT7Vup2sC3rZPB/AbEW+uBjwT027XWm7R6rA=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "9e447f1c786f9d1375c3c8b2bff2c9400c63a34e",
+        "rev": "9ea6dd599d2781168e36486745b5d17e826ab015",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -77,7 +59,6 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "darwin": "darwin",
-        "dotfiles": "dotfiles",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
diff --git a/nix/flake.nix b/nix/flake.nix
index 02638ee..16e84cb 100644
--- a/nix/flake.nix
+++ b/nix/flake.nix
@@ -8,23 +8,13 @@
       # nix will normally use the nixpkgs defined in home-managers inputs, we only want one copy of nixpkgs though
       darwin.url = "github:lnl7/nix-darwin";
       darwin.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs"; # ...
-      dotfiles = {
-        url = "https://github.com/keanuplayz/dotfiles";
-        type = "git";
-        submodules = true;
-        flake = false;
-      };
   };
   
   # add the inputs declared above to the argument attribute set
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, dotfiles, darwin }: {
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, home-manager, darwin }: {
     darwinConfigurations."alymac" = darwin.lib.darwinSystem {
       system = "x86_64-darwin";
-      specialArgs = { inherit dotfiles; };
-      modules = [
-        home-manager.darwinModules.home-manager
-        ./hosts/alymac/default.nix
-      ];
+      modules = [ ./hosts/alymac/default.nix ];
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix b/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix
index 773055a..e6fe9cf 100644
--- a/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix
+++ b/nix/hosts/alymac/default.nix
@@ -1,54 +1,15 @@
 # hosts/YourHostName/default.nix
-{ pkgs, dotfiles, ... }:
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 {
   # Make sure the nix daemon always runs
   services.nix-daemon.enable = true;
   # Installs a version of nix, that dosen't need "experimental-features = nix-command flakes" in /etc/nix/nix.conf
   # services.nix-daemon.package = pkgs.nixFlakes;
-
-  users.users.alyxia = {
-    name = "alyxia";
-    home = "/Users/alyxia";
-  };
   
-
-  # enable the gpg agent by default
-  programs.gnupg.agent.enable = true;
-
-  home-manager = {
-    useGlobalPkgs = true;
-    useUserPackages = true;
-    users.alyxia = { pkgs, ... }: {
-      programs.zsh = {
-        enable = true;
-        initExtra = ''
-          export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
-          source ${dotfiles}/zsh/zshrc
-        '';
-      };
-
-      programs.git = {
-        enable = true;
-        package = pkgs.gitAndTools.gitFull; # contains git send-email et al
-
-        userName = "Alyxia Sother";
-        userEmail = "alyxia@riseup.net";
-
-        signing = {
-          key = "01E16C4E775A37E4";
-          signByDefault = true;
-        };
-
-        delta.enable = true;
-      };
-
-      programs.gitui.enable = true;
-
-      # DO NOT CHANGE UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY SURE ALL STATE AFFECTED BY THIS
-      # OPTION IS APPROPRIATELY MIGRATED!!!
-      home.stateVersion = "23.05"; # did you read the comment?
-    };
-  };
+  # if you use zsh (the default on new macOS installations),
+  # you'll need to enable this so nix-darwin creates a zshrc sourcing needed environment changes
+  programs.zsh.enable = true;
+  # bash is enabled by default
 
   homebrew = {
     enable = true;