diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 57e2bd06..51acafa1 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -18,27 +18,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "home-manager": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ]
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1785119570,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Rgs2xKnGLFWQscxUaXX07oyZeuMDOHEbqDOsgliLFGM=",
-        "owner": "nix-community",
-        "repo": "home-manager",
-        "rev": "d4fd24667c8cbef124bb70a20380cab75ec8474d",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-community",
-        "ref": "release-26.05",
-        "repo": "home-manager",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "microvm": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -79,7 +58,6 @@
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
-        "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "microvm": "microvm",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index f9127896..3c621f0b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-unstable";
-    home-manager = {
-      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager/release-26.05";
-      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-    };
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
     microvm = {
       url = "github:astro/microvm.nix";
@@ -19,7 +15,6 @@
       self,
       nixpkgs,
       microvm,
-      home-manager,
       flake-utils,
     }:
     let
@@ -45,7 +40,6 @@
           system = "x86_64-linux";
           modules = [
             microvm.nixosModules.microvm
-            home-manager.nixosModules.home-manager
             ./nix/hosts/client/configuration.nix
           ];
           specialArgs = {
diff --git a/nix/hosts/client/configuration.nix b/nix/hosts/client/configuration.nix
index 037b0686..d6fe693b 100644
--- a/nix/hosts/client/configuration.nix
+++ b/nix/hosts/client/configuration.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   lib,
   pkgs,
   publicKey,
-  privateKey,
   username,
   defaultDNS,
   extraHosts,
@@ -106,9 +105,15 @@ in
     startAgent = true;
     knownHostsFiles = [
       (pkgs.writeText "local.keys" ''
-        abra.local ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIFD3rtSHGYWSrvVZe9VGQSa16EIawScFWmkBfGC0cebv 
+        abra.local ${publicKey} 
       '')
     ];
+    extraConfig = ''
+      Host abra.local
+        HostName abra.local
+        Port 22
+        User ${username}
+    '';
   };
   programs.git = {
     enable = true;
@@ -136,23 +141,4 @@ in
     jq
     wget
   ];
-
-  home-manager = {
-    useGlobalPkgs = true;
-    useUserPackages = true;
-    users."${username}" =
-      { ... }:
-      {
-        imports = [
-          ./home.nix
-        ];
-      };
-    # pass args to home-manager
-    extraSpecialArgs = {
-      publicKey = publicKey;
-      privateKey = privateKey;
-      serverIp = serverIp;
-      username = username;
-    };
-  };
 }
diff --git a/nix/modules/user.nix b/nix/modules/user.nix
index ec5c89f6..edb13240 100644
--- a/nix/modules/user.nix
+++ b/nix/modules/user.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     isNormalUser = true;
     password = password;
     home = "/home/${username}";
-    description = "Abra server user";
+    description = "Abra user";
     extraGroups = [
       "wheel"
       "networkmanager"