diff --git a/common/global/nix.nix b/common/global/nix.nix
index 3261422..e3f9d4b 100644
--- a/common/global/nix.nix
+++ b/common/global/nix.nix
@@ -8,4 +8,9 @@
     dates = "weekly";
     options = "--delete-older-than 30d";
   };
+
+  # TODO: this should be a secret, maybe
+  nix.extraOptions = ''
+    access-tokens = github.com=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
+  '';
 }
diff --git a/home/packages.nix b/home/packages.nix
index ce7056b..d29beaf 100644
--- a/home/packages.nix
+++ b/home/packages.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
       git
       home-manager
       mosh
-      nix
       python312Packages.ipython
       ripgrep
       tmux
diff --git a/home/programs.nix b/home/programs.nix
index 142fa22..4cac8b9 100644
--- a/home/programs.nix
+++ b/home/programs.nix
@@ -359,11 +359,6 @@
 
   lesspipe.enable = false;
 
-  # TODO: this should be a secret, maybe
-  nix.extraOptions = ''
-    access-tokens = github.com=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
-  '';
-
   nix-index-database.comma.enable = true;
 
   nixvim = {