diff --git a/configs/desktop.nix b/configs/desktop.nix
index 49e8dbd..08184dd 100644
--- a/configs/desktop.nix
+++ b/configs/desktop.nix
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
     ../programs/ghostty.nix
     ../programs/gnome.nix
+    ../programs/java.nix
   ];
 
   boot = {
@@ -70,35 +71,29 @@
     enable32Bit = true;
   };
 
-  hm = {
-    imports = [
-      ../programs/java.nix
+  hm.home = {
+    packages = with pkgs; [
+      chromium
+      (discord.override {
+        withOpenASAR = true;
+        withVencord = true;
+      })
+      gimp
+      gparted
+      idea-ultimate-fixed
+      mpv
+      obsidian
+      strawberry
+      teams-for-linux
+      thunderbird
+      vscode
+
+      # libreoffice stuff
+      libreoffice-qt6-fresh
+      hunspell
+      hunspellDicts.en_US
+      hunspellDicts.fr-moderne
     ];
-
-    home = {
-      packages = with pkgs; [
-        chromium
-        (discord.override {
-          withOpenASAR = true;
-          withVencord = true;
-        })
-        gimp
-        gparted
-        idea-ultimate-fixed
-        mpv
-        obsidian
-        strawberry
-        teams-for-linux
-        thunderbird
-        vscode
-
-        # libreoffice stuff
-        libreoffice-qt6-fresh
-        hunspell
-        hunspellDicts.en_US
-        hunspellDicts.fr-moderne
-      ];
-    };
   };
 
   i18n.extraLocaleSettings = {
diff --git a/programs/dotnet.nix b/programs/dotnet.nix
index 58cb4ce..18fe281 100644
--- a/programs/dotnet.nix
+++ b/programs/dotnet.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
-# wee oo wee oo warning !!! this is a home manager module!!! destined to be put in hm's import, not nixos' !!!!
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 {
-  config,
-  pkgs,
-  ...
-}:
-let
-  inherit (config.lib.file) mkOutOfStoreSymlink;
-in
-{
-  home = {
-    packages = [ pkgs.jetbrains.rider ];
+  environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.jetbrains.rider ];
 
-    file = {
-      ".dotnet/8".source = mkOutOfStoreSymlink "${pkgs.dotnet-sdk_8}/share/dotnet";
-      ".dotnet/mono".source = mkOutOfStoreSymlink pkgs.mono;
-    };
-  };
+  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+    "L /opt/dotnet/8 - - - - ${pkgs.dotnet-sdk_8}/share/dotnet"
+    "L /opt/dotnet/mono - - - - ${pkgs.mono}"
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/programs/java.nix b/programs/java.nix
index adcc379..33fb810 100644
--- a/programs/java.nix
+++ b/programs/java.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
-# wee oo wee oo warning !!! this is a home manager module!!! destined to be put in hm's import, not nixos' !!!!
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 {
-  config,
-  pkgs,
-  ...
-}:
-let
-  inherit (config.lib.file) mkOutOfStoreSymlink;
-in
-{
-  home.file = {
-    ".jdks/temurin-21".source = mkOutOfStoreSymlink pkgs.temurin-bin-21;
-    ".jdks/temurin-17".source = mkOutOfStoreSymlink pkgs.temurin-bin-17;
-    ".jdks/temurin-8".source = mkOutOfStoreSymlink pkgs.temurin-bin-8;
-  };
+  systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
+    "L /opt/temurin-21 - - - - ${pkgs.temurin-bin-21}"
+    "L /opt/temurin-17 - - - - ${pkgs.temurin-bin-17}"
+    "L /opt/temurin-8 - - - - ${pkgs.temurin-bin-8}"
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/systems/kilimandjaro/default.nix b/systems/kilimandjaro/default.nix
index a8bdbee..70dc52b 100644
--- a/systems/kilimandjaro/default.nix
+++ b/systems/kilimandjaro/default.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
   imports = [
     camasca.nixosModules.asus-numpad
     ../../programs/games.nix
+    ../../programs/dotnet.nix.nix
   ];
 
-  hm.imports = [ ../../programs/dotnet.nix ];
-
   services.asus-numpad = {
     enable = true;
     settings.layout = "M433IA";