diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 4d5b7d3..f60b817 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,52 +5,15 @@
     nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-22.11";
     nixos-unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
     nixos-hardware.url = "github:NixOS/nixos-hardware/master";
-    home-manager = {
-      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-22.11";
-      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-    };
-    nur.url = "github:nix-community/NUR";
-    # TODO: possible make this a flake as well
-    mysecrets = {
-      flake = false;
-      url = "git+ssh://gitea@git.orlives.de:2342/schmittlauch/home-manager_secrets.git";
-    };
-
   };
 
-  outputs = 
-  { self, nixpkgs, nur, ... }@inputs: 
-  let
-    system = "x86_64-linux";
-    pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
-  in
-  {
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, ... }@inputs: {
 
     nixosConfigurations.thinknix = nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem {
-      inherit system;
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
       modules = [ ./nixos/configuration.nix ];
       # necessary to make the top-level inputs available to system configuration
       specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
     };
-    homeConfigurations.spiollinux = inputs.home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
-      inherit pkgs;
-
-      modules = [
-        {
-          imports = [
-            nur.hmModules.nur
-            ./home/home.nix
-          ];
-          # extends the home config
-          home.username = "spiollinux";
-          home.homeDirectory = "/home/spiollinux";
-        }
-      ];
-      # Optionally use extraSpecialArgs
-      # to pass through arguments to home.nix
-      extraSpecialArgs = {
-        inherit inputs;
-      };
-    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/home/config.nix b/home/config.nix
index 66a4143..cd50baa 100644
--- a/home/config.nix
+++ b/home/config.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-{ lib, ...}:
-{
+let 
+  lib = (import <nixpkgs> {}).lib;
+
+in
+  {
 
     firefox.enablePlasmaBrowserIntegration = true;
     firefox-bin.enablePlasmaBrowserIntegration = true;
diff --git a/home/home.nix b/home/home.nix
index 9a87b78..dbc5007 100644
--- a/home/home.nix
+++ b/home/home.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-{ pkgs, inputs, config, ... }:
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 
 with pkgs;
 let
   # nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixos-unstable nixos-unstable
-  unstable = inputs.nixos-unstable;
+  unstable = import <nixos-unstable> { };
+  # nix-channel --add https://github.com/nix-community/NUR/archive/master.tar.gz NUR
+  nur = import <NUR> { inherit pkgs; };
+  myNur = nur.repos.schmittlauch;
 
   desktopApps = [
     firefox
@@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ let
     reptyr # re-bind running program to other tty
     xclip
     unzip
-    config.nur.repos.schmittlauch.lolcommits # from NUR
+    myNur.lolcommits # from NUR
   ];
 
   nixHelpers = [
@@ -245,7 +248,7 @@ let
     (iosevka-bin.override {
       variant = "curly-slab";
     })
-    config.nur.repos.schmittlauch.vollkorn
+    myNur.vollkorn
     # TODO: humor-sans
   ];
 
@@ -257,8 +260,6 @@ let
 in
 {
 
-  nixpkgs.overlays = (import ./overlays.nix);
-
   home.packages =
     desktopApps
     ++ latexApps
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ in
 
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
   programs.home-manager.path = "$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels/home-manager";
-  home.stateVersion = "22.11";
+  home.stateVersion = "18.09";
 
   programs.direnv =
     {
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ in
       enable = true;
       # ssh host config
       matchBlocks =
-        import "${inputs.mysecrets}/ssh_hosts.nix";
+        import ./secrets/ssh_hosts.nix;
     };
 
   programs.tmux = {
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ in
   fonts.fontconfig.enable = true;
 
   programs.git =
-    let contacts = import "${inputs.mysecrets}/contacts.nix";
+    let contacts = import ./secrets/contacts.nix;
     in
     {
       enable = true;