diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 3f1167d..a4b21f9 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
         ./modules/darwin/nix.nix
 
         ./hosts/faye/conf.nix
-        ./hosts/darwin-common.nix
       ];
     };
   };
diff --git a/hosts/darwin-common.nix b/hosts/darwin-common.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index a8fd76b..0000000
--- a/hosts/darwin-common.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
-
-{
-  system.stateVersion = 5;
-}
diff --git a/modules/darwin/nix.nix b/modules/darwin/nix.nix
index 0182024..89aa2d3 100644
--- a/modules/darwin/nix.nix
+++ b/modules/darwin/nix.nix
@@ -31,4 +31,7 @@
       ${pkgs.mkalias}/bin/mkalias "$src" "/Applications/Nix Apps/$app_name"
     done
         '';
+
+  # changing this might break
+  system.stateVersion = 5;
 }