diff --git a/configs/common.nix b/configs/common.nix
index 8a5d687..550ca27 100644
--- a/configs/common.nix
+++ b/configs/common.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ in {
 
   environment = {
     systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+      agenix.packages.${pkgs.system}.default
       neovim
       git
       curl
@@ -90,7 +91,6 @@ in {
 
   nix = {
     package = pkgs.lix;
-    channel.enable = false;
 
     gc = {
       automatic = true;
@@ -104,18 +104,10 @@ in {
       u.flake = camasca;
     };
 
-    # give nix daemon lower priority
-    daemonCPUSchedPolicy = "batch";
-    daemonIOSchedClass = "idle";
-
     settings = {
       auto-optimise-store = true;
       experimental-features = ["nix-command" "flakes"];
       trusted-users = ["root" "@wheel"];
-      connect-timeout = 5; # fail fast if substituters are not available
-      builders-use-substitutes = true;
-      log-lines = 25;
-      min-free = 512 * 1024 * 1024; # if free space drops under min, gc
 
       substituters = [
         "https://uku3lig.cachix.org"
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 2c8bb2c..f8e157a 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     self,
     flake-parts,
     nixinate,
-    agenix,
     ...
   } @ inputs:
     flake-parts.lib.mkFlake {inherit inputs;} {
@@ -24,11 +23,7 @@
 
         devShells.default = with pkgs;
           mkShellNoCC {
-            packages = [
-              just
-              statix
-              agenix.packages.${system}.default
-            ];
+            packages = [just statix];
           };
 
         formatter = pkgs.alejandra;