diff --git a/deployment/flake-part.nix b/deployment/flake-part.nix
index 7d2a34f3..22158ee4 100644
--- a/deployment/flake-part.nix
+++ b/deployment/flake-part.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 { inputs, self, ... }:
 
 let
-  vmIdTo03d =
-    id:
-    let
-      sid = toString id;
-    in
-    if id >= 0 && id <= 9 then
-      "00${sid}"
-    else if id >= 10 && id <= 99 then
-      "0${sid}"
-    else
-      sid;
-
   allVmIds = # 100 -- 255
     let
       allVmIdsFrom = x: if x > 255 then [ ] else [ x ] ++ allVmIdsFrom (x + 1);
@@ -38,7 +26,7 @@ in
     in
     listToAttrs (
       map (vmid: {
-        name = "fedi${vmIdTo03d vmid}";
+        name = "fedi${toString vmid}";
         value = makeProvisioningConfiguration vmid;
       }) allVmIds
     );
@@ -74,8 +62,8 @@ in
         type = providers.local.exec;
         imports = [ inputs.nixops4-nixos.modules.nixops4Resource.nixos ];
         ssh.opts = "";
-        ssh.host = "95.215.187.${vmIdTo03d vmid}";
-        ssh.hostPublicKey = readFile ./hostKeys/fedi${vmIdTo03d vmid}/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub;
+        ssh.host = "95.215.187.${toString vmid}";
+        ssh.hostPublicKey = readFile ./hostKeys/fedi${toString vmid}/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub;
 
         nixpkgs = inputs.nixpkgs;
         nixos.module = {
diff --git a/deployment/procolixVm.nix b/deployment/procolixVm.nix
index 76efeb1d..5862de36 100644
--- a/deployment/procolixVm.nix
+++ b/deployment/procolixVm.nix
@@ -8,18 +8,6 @@
 let
   inherit (lib) mkOption;
   inherit (lib.types) types;
-
-  vmIdTo03d =
-    id:
-    let
-      sid = toString id;
-    in
-    if id >= 0 && id <= 9 then
-      "00${sid}"
-    else if id >= 10 && id <= 99 then
-      "0${sid}"
-    else
-      sid;
 in
 
 {
@@ -30,7 +18,7 @@ in
       vmid = mkOption {
         type = types.int;
         description = ''
-          Identifier of the machine. This is a number between 10 and 255.
+          Identifier of the machine. This is a number between 100 and 255.
         '';
       };
     };
@@ -43,7 +31,7 @@ in
     services.openssh.enable = true;
 
     networking = {
-      hostName = "fedi${vmIdTo03d config.procolix.vmid}";
+      hostName = "fedi${toString config.procolix.vmid}";
       domain = "procolix.com";
 
       interfaces = {
@@ -51,7 +39,7 @@ in
           ipv4 = {
             addresses = [
               {
-                address = "95.215.187.${vmIdTo03d config.procolix.vmid}";
+                address = "95.215.187.${toString config.procolix.vmid}";
                 prefixLength = 24;
               }
             ];
@@ -59,7 +47,7 @@ in
           ipv6 = {
             addresses = [
               {
-                address = "2a00:51c0:13:1305::${vmIdTo03d config.procolix.vmid}";
+                address = "2a00:51c0:13:1305::${toString config.procolix.vmid}";
                 prefixLength = 64;
               }
             ];