diff --git a/src/pkgs/files/default.nix b/src/pkgs/files/default.nix
index 0654a7d..0c4a936 100644
--- a/src/pkgs/files/default.nix
+++ b/src/pkgs/files/default.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ let
 in
 
 {
-  homeNixDefault = callPackage ./home-nix-default.nix { };
+  homeNixDefault = writeText "home.nix.default" (builtins.readFile ./raw/home.nix.default);
 
   login = callPackage ./login.nix { };
 
diff --git a/src/pkgs/files/home-nix-default.nix b/src/pkgs/files/home-nix-default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6088b9c..0000000
--- a/src/pkgs/files/home-nix-default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-{ writeText }:
-
-writeText "home.nix.default" ''
-  { pkgs, ... }:
-
-  {
-    # Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
-    programs.home-manager.enable = true;
-
-    # Install and configure software declaratively
-    #programs.git = {
-    #  enable = true;
-    #  userName = "Jane Doe";
-    #  userEmail = "jane.doe@example.org";
-    #};
-
-    # Simply install just the packages
-    home.packages = with pkgs; [
-      # Stuff that you really really want to have
-      nix cacert coreutils  # think twice before removing these
-
-      # User-facing stuff that you really really want to have
-      bashInteractive   # think twice before removing thes
-      vim  # or some other editor, e.g. nano or neovim
-
-      # Some common stuff that people expect to have
-      #diffutils
-      #findutils
-      #utillinux
-      #tzdata
-      #hostname
-      #man
-      #gnugrep
-      #gnupg
-      #gnused
-      #gnutar
-      #bzip2
-      #gzip
-      #xz
-      #zip
-      #unzip
-    ];
-  }
-''
diff --git a/src/pkgs/files/raw/home.nix.default b/src/pkgs/files/raw/home.nix.default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76a6ff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkgs/files/raw/home.nix.default
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+
+{
+  # Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
+  programs.home-manager.enable = true;
+
+  # Install and configure software declaratively
+  #programs.git = {
+  #  enable = true;
+  #  userName = "Jane Doe";
+  #  userEmail = "jane.doe@example.org";
+  #};
+
+  # Simply install just the packages
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    # Stuff that you really really want to have
+    nix cacert coreutils  # think twice before removing these
+
+    # User-facing stuff that you really really want to have
+    bashInteractive   # think twice before removing thes
+    vim  # or some other editor, e.g. nano or neovim
+
+    # Some common stuff that people expect to have
+    #diffutils
+    #findutils
+    #utillinux
+    #tzdata
+    #hostname
+    #man
+    #gnugrep
+    #gnupg
+    #gnused
+    #gnutar
+    #bzip2
+    #gzip
+    #xz
+    #zip
+    #unzip
+  ];
+}
+
+# vim: ft=nix