diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index c7d2d21b..4c71ec49 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ let
       };
     }).run
       {
-        src = builtins.path {
-          path = ./.;
-          name = "root";
-        };
+        src = ./.;
         hooks =
           let
             ## Add a directory here if pre-commit hooks shouldn't apply to it.
diff --git a/deployment/check/basic/flake-part.nix b/deployment/check/basic/flake-part.nix
index 76c4fec7..24d23c40 100644
--- a/deployment/check/basic/flake-part.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/basic/flake-part.nix
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ let
     "cowsay"
   ];
   pathToRoot = /. + (builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext self);
-  pathFromRoot = builtins.path {
-    path = ./.;
-    name = "basic";
-  };
+  pathFromRoot = ./.;
 
 in
 {
diff --git a/deployment/check/cli/flake-part.nix b/deployment/check/cli/flake-part.nix
index 2c2b5a4c..6bbc2eaf 100644
--- a/deployment/check/cli/flake-part.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/cli/flake-part.nix
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ let
     "pixelfed"
   ];
   pathToRoot = /. + (builtins.unsafeDiscardStringContext self);
-  pathFromRoot = builtins.path {
-    path = ./.;
-    name = "cli";
-  };
+  pathFromRoot = ./.;
   enableAcme = true;
 
 in
diff --git a/panel/nix/package.nix b/panel/nix/package.nix
index 7b87a4f1..e1859bb2 100644
--- a/panel/nix/package.nix
+++ b/panel/nix/package.nix
@@ -12,12 +12,7 @@ let
     with lib.fileset;
     toSource {
       root = ../src;
-      fileset = intersection (gitTracked (
-        builtins.path {
-          path = ../../.;
-          name = "root";
-        }
-      )) ../src;
+      fileset = intersection (gitTracked ../../.) ../src;
     };
   pyproject = fromTOML pyproject-toml;
   # TODO: define this globally