diff --git a/hosts/c1/default.nix b/hosts/c1/default.nix
index 2228d9b..1d3dcdd 100644
--- a/hosts/c1/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/c1/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 { pkgs, inputs, hostname, ... }:
 {
   imports = [ 
-    inputs.impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence
     ../common/compute-node.nix
     ./hardware.nix
   ];
diff --git a/hosts/common/compute-node.nix b/hosts/common/compute-node.nix
index ae9dd41..b55f811 100644
--- a/hosts/common/compute-node.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/compute-node.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-{ config, pkgs, inputs, ... }:
+{ pkgs, ... }:
 {
+  imports = [
+    ./impermanence.nix
+  ];
+
   boot.initrd.kernelModules = [ "usb_storage" ];
   boot.initrd.luks.devices."luksroot" = {
       allowDiscards = true;
@@ -8,68 +12,6 @@
       keyFile = "/dev/sda";
   };
 
-  fileSystems."/".options = ["compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
-  fileSystems."/nix".options = ["compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
-  fileSystems."/persist".options = ["compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
-  fileSystems."/persist".neededForBoot = true;
-  fileSystems."/var/log".options = ["compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
-  fileSystems."/var/log".neededForBoot = true;
-
-  # reset / at each boot
-  # Note `lib.mkBefore` is used instead of `lib.mkAfter` here.
-  boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = pkgs.lib.mkBefore ''
-    mkdir -p /mnt
-
-    # We first mount the btrfs root to /mnt
-    # so we can manipulate btrfs subvolumes.
-    mount -o subvol=/ /dev/mapper/luksroot /mnt
-
-    # While we're tempted to just delete /root and create
-    # a new snapshot from /root-blank, /root is already
-    # populated at this point with a number of subvolumes,
-    # which makes `btrfs subvolume delete` fail.
-    # So, we remove them first.
-    #
-    # /root contains subvolumes:
-    # - /root/var/lib/portables
-    # - /root/var/lib/machines
-    #
-    # I suspect these are related to systemd-nspawn, but
-    # since I don't use it I'm not 100% sure.
-    # Anyhow, deleting these subvolumes hasn't resulted
-    # in any issues so far, except for fairly
-    # benign-looking errors from systemd-tmpfiles.
-    btrfs subvolume list -o /mnt/root |
-    cut -f9 -d' ' |
-    while read subvolume; do
-      echo "deleting /$subvolume subvolume..."
-      btrfs subvolume delete "/mnt/$subvolume"
-    done &&
-    echo "deleting /root subvolume..." &&
-    btrfs subvolume delete /mnt/root
-
-    echo "restoring blank /root subvolume..."
-    btrfs subvolume snapshot /mnt/root-blank /mnt/root
-
-    # Once we're done rolling back to a blank snapshot,
-    # we can unmount /mnt and continue on the boot process.
-    umount /mnt
-  '';
-
-  # configure impermanence
-  environment.persistence."/persist" = {
-    directories = [
-      "/etc/nixos"
-    ];
-    files = [
-      "/etc/machine-id"
-      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key"
-      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub"
-      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key"
-      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub"
-    ];
-  };
-
   security.sudo = {
     extraConfig = ''
       # rollback results in sudo lectures after each reboot
diff --git a/hosts/common/impermanence.nix b/hosts/common/impermanence.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3df8f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hosts/common/impermanence.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{ pkgs, inputs, ... }:
+{
+  imports = [
+    inputs.impermanence.nixosModules.impermanence
+  ];
+
+  environment.persistence."/persist" = {
+    directories = [
+      "/etc/nixos"
+    ];
+    files = [
+      "/etc/machine-id"
+      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key"
+      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub"
+      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key"
+      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub"
+    ];
+  };
+
+  fileSystems."/".options = ["compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
+  fileSystems."/nix".options = ["compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
+  fileSystems."/persist".options = ["compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
+  fileSystems."/persist".neededForBoot = true;
+  fileSystems."/var/log".options = ["compress=zstd" "noatime" ];
+  fileSystems."/var/log".neededForBoot = true;
+
+  # reset / at each boot
+  # Note `lib.mkBefore` is used instead of `lib.mkAfter` here.
+  boot.initrd.postDeviceCommands = pkgs.lib.mkBefore ''
+    mkdir -p /mnt
+
+    # We first mount the btrfs root to /mnt
+    # so we can manipulate btrfs subvolumes.
+    mount -o subvol=/ /dev/mapper/luksroot /mnt
+
+    # While we're tempted to just delete /root and create
+    # a new snapshot from /root-blank, /root is already
+    # populated at this point with a number of subvolumes,
+    # which makes `btrfs subvolume delete` fail.
+    # So, we remove them first.
+    #
+    # /root contains subvolumes:
+    # - /root/var/lib/portables
+    # - /root/var/lib/machines
+    #
+    # I suspect these are related to systemd-nspawn, but
+    # since I don't use it I'm not 100% sure.
+    # Anyhow, deleting these subvolumes hasn't resulted
+    # in any issues so far, except for fairly
+    # benign-looking errors from systemd-tmpfiles.
+    btrfs subvolume list -o /mnt/root |
+    cut -f9 -d' ' |
+    while read subvolume; do
+      echo "deleting /$subvolume subvolume..."
+      btrfs subvolume delete "/mnt/$subvolume"
+    done &&
+    echo "deleting /root subvolume..." &&
+    btrfs subvolume delete /mnt/root
+
+    echo "restoring blank /root subvolume..."
+    btrfs subvolume snapshot /mnt/root-blank /mnt/root
+
+    # Once we're done rolling back to a blank snapshot,
+    # we can unmount /mnt and continue on the boot process.
+    umount /mnt
+  '';
+}
+