diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 85c564d..9eaf1f9 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -19,36 +19,6 @@
         "url": "ssh://gitea@git.lyte.dev/lytedev/api.lyte.dev.git"
       }
     },
-    "crane": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
-        "flake-utils": [
-          "helix",
-          "flake-utils"
-        ],
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "helix",
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ],
-        "rust-overlay": [
-          "helix",
-          "rust-overlay"
-        ]
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1688772518,
-        "narHash": "sha256-ol7gZxwvgLnxNSZwFTDJJ49xVY5teaSvF7lzlo3YQfM=",
-        "owner": "ipetkov",
-        "repo": "crane",
-        "rev": "8b08e96c9af8c6e3a2b69af5a7fa168750fcf88e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "ipetkov",
-        "repo": "crane",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "disko": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2"
@@ -68,22 +38,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "flake-compat": {
-      "flake": false,
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1673956053,
-        "narHash": "sha256-4gtG9iQuiKITOjNQQeQIpoIB6b16fm+504Ch3sNKLd8=",
-        "owner": "edolstra",
-        "repo": "flake-compat",
-        "rev": "35bb57c0c8d8b62bbfd284272c928ceb64ddbde9",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "edolstra",
-        "repo": "flake-compat",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "flake-utils": {
       "inputs": {
         "systems": "systems"
@@ -103,24 +57,6 @@
       }
     },
     "flake-utils_2": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "systems": "systems_2"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1689068808,
-        "narHash": "sha256-6ixXo3wt24N/melDWjq70UuHQLxGV8jZvooRanIHXw0=",
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "919d646de7be200f3bf08cb76ae1f09402b6f9b4",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "flake-utils_3": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1644229661,
         "narHash": "sha256-1YdnJAsNy69bpcjuoKdOYQX0YxZBiCYZo4Twxerqv7k=",
@@ -135,27 +71,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "helix": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "crane": "crane",
-        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3",
-        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1696255829,
-        "narHash": "sha256-5XId/8r09qEAyBI8lFq0qpVsEvtdDl6gHkBHmhp/sMA=",
-        "owner": "helix-editor",
-        "repo": "helix",
-        "rev": "7fbfec766c2ce2570ca4160744723813dbdc3019",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "helix-editor",
-        "repo": "helix",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "home-manager": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -225,22 +140,6 @@
       }
     },
     "nixpkgs_3": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1690272529,
-        "narHash": "sha256-MakzcKXEdv/I4qJUtq/k/eG+rVmyOZLnYNC2w1mB59Y=",
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "ef99fa5c5ed624460217c31ac4271cfb5cb2502c",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nixpkgs_4": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1696275311,
         "narHash": "sha256-Z8aJvoUyMv/+0G7iqYIqecxRDFbz05RK2e3/irbWq9M=",
@@ -255,7 +154,7 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nixpkgs_5": {
+    "nixpkgs_4": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1694760568,
         "narHash": "sha256-3G07BiXrp2YQKxdcdms22MUx6spc6A++MSePtatCYuI=",
@@ -275,41 +174,15 @@
       "inputs": {
         "api-lyte-dev": "api-lyte-dev",
         "disko": "disko",
-        "helix": "helix",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_4",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_3",
         "sops-nix": "sops-nix",
         "utils": "utils"
       }
     },
-    "rust-overlay": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "flake-utils": [
-          "helix",
-          "flake-utils"
-        ],
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "helix",
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ]
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1690424156,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Bpml+L280tHTQpwpC5/BJbU4HSvEzMvW8IZ4gAXimhE=",
-        "owner": "oxalica",
-        "repo": "rust-overlay",
-        "rev": "f335a0213504c7e6481c359dc1009be9cf34432c",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "oxalica",
-        "repo": "rust-overlay",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "sops-nix": {
       "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_5",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_4",
         "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable"
       },
       "locked": {
@@ -341,24 +214,9 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "systems_2": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1681028828,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "utils": {
       "inputs": {
-        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_3"
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2"
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1696272629,
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index e5dd96d..4784a70 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
     disko.url = "github:nix-community/disko/master";
     sops-nix.url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
-    helix.url = "github:helix-editor/helix";
     # TODO: hyprland.url = "github:hyprwm/Hyprland";
   };
 
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
index 975a41a..8867fb6 100644
--- a/home.nix
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 inputs:
-let
-  overlay = system: final: prev: {
-    helix = prev.helix // inputs.helix.packages.${system}.helix;
-  };
-  # TODO: be functional - have a mkHome function?
-in
 {
   daniel =
     let
       system = "x86_64-linux";
-      pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs { inherit system; overlays = [ (overlay system) ]; };
+      pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs { inherit system; };
     in
     inputs.home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
       inherit pkgs;
@@ -22,7 +16,7 @@ in
   daniel-work =
     let
       system = "aarch64-darwin";
-      pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs { inherit system; overlays = [ (overlay system) ]; };
+      pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs { inherit system; };
     in
     inputs.home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
       inherit pkgs;
diff --git a/home/user.nix b/home/user.nix
index 282dc04..b158c5b 100644
--- a/home/user.nix
+++ b/home/user.nix
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ in
 
     helix = {
       enable = true;
-      package = pkgs.helix;
       languages = {
         language-server = {
           lexical = {
diff --git a/nixos.nix b/nixos.nix
index 4cdd725..dd5218f 100644
--- a/nixos.nix
+++ b/nixos.nix
@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ inputs @ { self, ... }:
 let
   daniel = system: {
     home-manager.users.daniel = {
-      nixpkgs.overlays = [
-        (final: prev: {
-          helix = prev.helix // inputs.helix.packages.${system}.helix;
-        })
-      ];
       imports = [ ./home/user.nix ./home/linux.nix ];
     };
   };
diff --git a/nixos/common.nix b/nixos/common.nix
index cedf178..0d85d6d 100644
--- a/nixos/common.nix
+++ b/nixos/common.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 { config, lib, inputs, system, ... }:
 let
-  overlay = final: prev: {
-    helix = prev.helix // inputs.helix.packages.${system}.helix;
-  };
-  pkgs = inputs.nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.extend overlay;
+  pkgs = inputs.nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
 in
 {
   services.journald.extraConfig = "SystemMaxUse=1G";
@@ -31,6 +28,7 @@ in
       file
       gnumake
       gron
+      helix
       hexyl
       htop
       iputils
@@ -57,8 +55,6 @@ in
       xh
       zellij
       zstd
-    ] ++ [
-      inputs.helix.packages."x86_64-linux".helix
     ];
   };