diff --git a/deployment/check/cli/flake-part.nix b/deployment/check/cli/flake-part.nix
index ac6ce40e..7d71526b 100644
--- a/deployment/check/cli/flake-part.nix
+++ b/deployment/check/cli/flake-part.nix
@@ -57,12 +57,7 @@ in
       ## function calls.
       makeTestDeployment =
         args:
-        (import (
-          builtins.path {
-            path = ../..;
-            name = "source";
-          }
-        ))
+        (import ../..)
           {
             inherit lib;
             inherit (inputs) nixops4 nixops4-nixos;
diff --git a/panel/nix/python-packages/default.nix b/panel/nix/python-packages/default.nix
index 0405c928..40d9dcb0 100644
--- a/panel/nix/python-packages/default.nix
+++ b/panel/nix/python-packages/default.nix
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ let
 
   extraPython3Packages =
     let
-      dir = builtins.path {
-        path = ./.;
-        name = "source";
-      };
+      dir = toString ./.;
     in
     with builtins;
     listToAttrs (
diff --git a/panel/shell.nix b/panel/shell.nix
index 65b28312..a6bdf202 100644
--- a/panel/shell.nix
+++ b/panel/shell.nix
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-(import (builtins.path {
-  path = ./.;
-  name = "source";
-}) { }).shell
+(import ./. { }).shell