diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 2a5d76c..62b2f9f 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@
   };
   outputs = { self, nixpkgs, nixos-hardware, chaosevents, fernglas, nixos-exporter, solid-xmpp-alarm, ssh-to-age, ... }@inputs: let
     lib = import ./lib inputs;
-    localNixpkgs = import ./flake/nixpkgs.nix inputs;
   in {
     clerie.hosts = {
       aluminium = {
@@ -140,14 +139,17 @@
       clerie-overrides = import ./pkgs/overrides/overlay.nix;
     };
 
+    nixpkgs = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ] (system:
+      lib.mkNixpkgs {
+        inherit system;
+      }
+    );
+
     packages = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ] (system:
-      let
-       pkgs = localNixpkgs.${system};
-      in
       nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs (
         (builtins.attrNames (self.overlays.clerie-pkgs null null))
         ++ (builtins.attrNames (self.overlays.clerie-overrides null null))
-      ) (name: pkgs."${name}")
+      ) (name: self.nixpkgs."${system}"."${name}")
     );
 
     inherit lib self;
diff --git a/flake/nixpkgs.nix b/flake/nixpkgs.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 920fddc..0000000
--- a/flake/nixpkgs.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{ self
-, nixpkgs
-, ...
-}@inputs:
-
-let
-  mkNixpkgs = { system, ... }@args: 
-    import nixpkgs {
-      inherit system;
-      overlays = [
-        self.overlays.clerie-inputs
-        self.overlays.clerie-pkgs
-        self.overlays.clerie-build-support
-        self.overlays.clerie-overrides
-      ];
-    };
-
-in
-  nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" ] (system: mkNixpkgs { inherit system; })
diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 388a1df..1f9de63 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ let
 
   lib = {
     clerie-monitoring-ids = callLibs ./clerie-monitoring-ids.nix;
+    mkNixpkgs = callLibs ./mkNixpkgs.nix;
     nixosSystem = callLibs ./nixosSystem.nix;
   };
 
diff --git a/lib/mkNixpkgs.nix b/lib/mkNixpkgs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a44aff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mkNixpkgs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  inputs,
+  self,
+  ...
+}:
+
+/*
+
+  Loads a version of nixpkgs with nixfiles overlays loaded
+
+*/
+{
+  system,
+  nixpkgs ? inputs.nixpkgs,
+  overlays ? [],
+  ...
+}@args:
+
+import nixpkgs {
+  inherit system;
+  overlays = [
+    self.overlays.clerie-inputs
+    self.overlays.clerie-pkgs
+    self.overlays.clerie-build-support
+    self.overlays.clerie-overrides
+  ] ++ overlays;
+}
diff --git a/lib/nixosSystem.nix b/lib/nixosSystem.nix
index bac3eec..ea1e4d3 100644
--- a/lib/nixosSystem.nix
+++ b/lib/nixosSystem.nix
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@
   ...
 }@args:
 
-let
-  localNixpkgs = import ../flake/nixpkgs.nix inputs;
-in inputs.nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem ({
+inputs.nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem ({
   system = system;
-  pkgs = if pkgs != null then pkgs else localNixpkgs.${system};
+  pkgs = if pkgs != null then pkgs else self.nixpkgs.${system};
   modules = [
     self.nixosModules.nixfilesInputs
     self.nixosModules.clerie