diff --git a/cerulean/home/default.nix b/cerulean/home/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ae23c6..0000000
--- a/cerulean/home/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# NOTE: you can access the system configuration via the `osConfig` arg
-{
-  username,
-  lib,
-  ...
-}: {
-  # WARNING: required for home-manager to work
-  programs.home-manager.enable = true; # user must apply lib.mkForce
-  # Nicely reload systemd units when changing configs
-  systemd.user.startServices = lib.mkDefault "sd-switch";
-
-  home = {
-    username = lib.mkDefault username;
-    homeDirectory = lib.mkDefault "/home/${username}";
-
-    sessionVariables = {
-      NIX_SHELL_PRESERVE_PROMPT = lib.mkDefault 1;
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/cerulean/nixos/home.nix b/cerulean/nixos/home.nix
index 82117d8..a63b6e8 100644
--- a/cerulean/nixos/home.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nixos/home.nix
@@ -12,22 +12,18 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 {
-  _cerulean,
-  config,
   root,
+  config,
   lib,
+  _cerulean,
   ...
 } @ args: let
   inherit
     (builtins)
+    attrNames
+    filter
     pathExists
     ;
-
-  inherit
-    (lib)
-    filterAttrs
-    mapAttrs
-    ;
 in {
   imports = [
     _cerulean.homeManager.nixosModules.default
@@ -53,27 +49,18 @@ in {
 
   config = {
     home-manager = {
-      useUserPackages = lib.mkDefault false;
-      useGlobalPkgs = lib.mkDefault true;
-
-      overwriteBackup = lib.mkDefault false;
-      backupFileExtension = lib.mkDefault "bak";
-
       users =
         config.users.users
-        |> filterAttrs (name: value: value.manageHome && pathExists /${root}/homes/${name})
-        |> mapAttrs (name: _: {...}: {
-          imports = [/${root}/homes/${name}];
-
-          # per-user arguments
-          _module.args.username = name;
-        });
+        |> attrNames
+        |> filter (x: pathExists (root + "/homes/${x}"))
+        |> (x:
+          lib.genAttrs x (y:
+            import (root + "/homes/${y}")));
 
       extraSpecialArgs = _cerulean.specialArgs;
       sharedModules = [
-        ../home
-
-        (import /${root}/nixpkgs.nix)
+        # user configuration
+        (import (root + "/nixpkgs.nix"))
         # options declarations
         (import ./nixpkgs.nix (args // {contextName = "homes";}))
       ];
diff --git a/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix b/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix
index 946748b..40a3d57 100644
--- a/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix
+++ b/cerulean/nixos/nixpkgs.nix
@@ -73,23 +73,19 @@ in {
     _module.args = removeAttrs repos ["pkgs" "base"];
 
     nixpkgs = let
-      nixpkgsConfig = {
+      nixpkgConfig = {
         config = lib.mkForce (basePkgs.config or {});
         overlays = lib.mkForce (basePkgs.overlays or []);
       };
-
-      nixpkgsHostsConfig =
-        nixpkgsConfig
-        // {
-          flake.source = lib.mkForce base;
-        };
-
-      nixpkgsHomesConfig = lib.mkIf (!config.home-manager.useGlobalPkgs) nixpkgsConfig;
     in
       if contextName == "hosts"
-      then nixpkgsHostsConfig
+      then
+        nixpkgConfig
+        // {
+          flake.source = lib.mkForce base;
+        }
       else if contextName == "homes"
-      then nixpkgsHomesConfig
+      then nixpkgConfig
       else {};
   };
 }
diff --git a/cerulean/snow/lib/nodes.nix b/cerulean/snow/lib/nodes.nix
index 48a583d..f9b6537 100644
--- a/cerulean/snow/lib/nodes.nix
+++ b/cerulean/snow/lib/nodes.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     # flatten recursion result
     |> concatLists
     # find import location
-    |> map (group: nt.findImport /${root}/groups/${group._name})
+    |> map (group: nt.findImport (/${root}/groups/${group._name})
     # filter by uniqueness
     |> nt.prim.unique
     # ignore missing groups