diff --git a/build/user.sh b/build/user.sh
index 299a49e..2ece467 100644
--- a/build/user.sh
+++ b/build/user.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
 source /home/user/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh
 
 # this should install all the packages from the config.nix:
-nix-env -i workEnv
+nix-env -i myPackages
 
 # FIXME have this pull from synced dir instead
 # oh-my-zsh
diff --git a/root/home/user/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix b/root/home/user/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix
index 7cf78d7..580cf70 100644
--- a/root/home/user/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix
+++ b/root/home/user/.config/nixpkgs/config.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,17 @@
-{ pkgs }:
-let
-  # Inherit utilities
-  inherit (pkgs) lib buildEnv;
+{
+  packageOverrides = pkgs: with pkgs; {
 
-  homeDir = builtins.getEnv "HOME";
-
-in {
-  allowUnfree = true;
-  #jre = pkgs.oraclejre8;
-  #jdk = pkgs.oraclejdk8;
-
-  packageOverrides = pkgs: {
-
-    workEnv = lib.lowPrio (buildEnv {
-      name = "work-env";
-      ignoreCollisions = true;
-      paths = with pkgs; [
-        sneakDefaultPkgs
-        weechat
-      ];
-    });
-
-    sneakDefaultPkgs = lib.lowPrio (buildEnv {
-      name = "sneakDefaultPkgs";
-      ignoreCollisions = true;
-      paths = with pkgs; [
+    myPackages = pkgs.buildEnv {
+      name = "myPackages";
+      paths = [
+        aspell
+        bc
         clang
+        coreutils
         ctags
         curl
+        ffmpeg
+        gdb
         gitAndTools.git-annex
         gitAndTools.git-extras
         gitAndTools.git2cl
@@ -35,16 +19,18 @@ in {
         gitAndTools.tig
         gnupg
         go
+        jq
         nix-prefetch-scripts
-        nix-repl
         openssh
         pwgen
         qemu
         tmux
         tree
         vim
+        weechat
         wget
       ];
-    });
+    };
+
   };
 }