diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 30e05c9..4f175e7 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -136,17 +136,8 @@
 
       forEachSystem = lib.genAttrs systems;
 
-      # filter out all non-nix files and returns the nix-store path
-      # (ie. git configs, git refs, etc)
-      #
-      # used for module imports and system search
-      src = builtins.filterSource (
-        path: type:
-        type == "directory"
-        || lib.hasSuffix ".nix"
-        || lib.hasSuffix ".yaml"
-        || lib.hasSuffix ".yml" (baseNameOf path)
-      ) ./.;
+      # gets the base path of the repo
+      src = builtins.path { path = ./.; };
 
       config = {
         repos = [
diff --git a/modules/nom.patch b/modules/nom.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 91c1d87..0000000
--- a/modules/nom.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-From 9d8ce77eaa0d207f0d3e96606dc44abc4e8e0ce0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Sandro=20J=C3=A4ckel?= <sandro.jaeckel@gmail.com>
-Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2022 13:04:56 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH] nixos-rebuild: use nom if available in PATH
-
----
- .../linux/nixos-rebuild/nixos-rebuild.sh           | 14 +++++++++-----
- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/nixos-rebuild.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/nixos-rebuild.sh
-index 2051368a49f64c..395a54819e5417 100755
---- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/nixos-rebuild.sh
-+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nixos-rebuild/nixos-rebuild.sh
-@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ showSyntax() {
-     exit 1
- }
- 
-+nom=nix
-+if type -p nom &>/dev/null; then
-+    nom=nom
-+fi
- 
- # Parse the command line.
- origArgs=("$@")
-@@ -236,7 +240,7 @@ nixBuild() {
-     logVerbose "Building in legacy (non-flake) mode."
-     if [ -z "$buildHost" ]; then
-         logVerbose "No --build-host given, running nix-build locally"
--        runCmd nix-build "$@"
-+        runCmd $nom-build "$@"
-     else
-         logVerbose "buildHost set to \"$buildHost\", running nix-build remotely"
-         local instArgs=()
-@@ -284,10 +288,10 @@ nixFlakeBuild() {
-     logVerbose "Building in flake mode."
-     if [[ -z "$buildHost" && -z "$targetHost" && "$action" != switch && "$action" != boot && "$action" != test && "$action" != dry-activate ]]
-     then
--        runCmd nix "${flakeFlags[@]}" build "$@"
-+        runCmd $nom build "${flakeFlags[@]}" "$@"
-         readlink -f ./result
-     elif [ -z "$buildHost" ]; then
--        runCmd nix "${flakeFlags[@]}" build "$@" --out-link "${tmpDir}/result"
-+        runCmd $nom build "${flakeFlags[@]}" "$@" --out-link "${tmpDir}/result"
-         readlink -f "${tmpDir}/result"
-     else
-         local attr="$1"
-@@ -426,11 +430,11 @@ trap cleanup EXIT
- # Re-execute nixos-rebuild from the Nixpkgs tree.
- if [[ -z $_NIXOS_REBUILD_REEXEC && -n $canRun && -z $fast ]]; then
-     if [[ -z $flake ]]; then
--        if p=$(runCmd nix-build --no-out-link --expr 'with import <nixpkgs/nixos> {}; config.system.build.nixos-rebuild' "${extraBuildFlags[@]}"); then
-+        if p=$(runCmd $nom-build --no-out-link --expr 'with import <nixpkgs/nixos> {}; config.system.build.nixos-rebuild' "${extraBuildFlags[@]}"); then
-             SHOULD_REEXEC=1
-         fi
-     else
--        runCmd nix "${flakeFlags[@]}" build --out-link "${tmpDir}/nixos-rebuild" "$flake#$flakeAttr.config.system.build.nixos-rebuild" "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" "${lockFlags[@]}"
-+        runCmd $nom build "${flakeFlags[@]}" --out-link "${tmpDir}/nixos-rebuild" "$flake#$flakeAttr.config.system.build.nixos-rebuild" "${extraBuildFlags[@]}" "${lockFlags[@]}"
-         if p=$(readlink -e "${tmpDir}/nixos-rebuild"); then
-             SHOULD_REEXEC=1
-         fi
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