diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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index 1af14d0..0000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "dotbot"]
-	path = dotbot
-	url = https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot
-	ignore = dirty
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6944002..fa01d01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1 @@
-this is my dotfiles managed with [dotbot](https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot/). you should be able to replicate it with just `./install`.
+there are my dotfiles; managed with [home-manager](https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/)
diff --git a/conf.yml b/conf.yml
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index c96341b..0000000
--- a/conf.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-- defaults:
-    link:
-      relink: true
-      create: true
-
-- clean: ['~']
-
-- link:
-    ~/.config/nvim:
-    ~/.config/sway:
-    ~/.config/waybar:
-    ~/.config/rofi:
-    ~/.config/foot:
-
-- shell:
-  - [git submodule update --init --recursive, installing submodules]
diff --git a/dotbot b/dotbot
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index 7202065..0000000
--- a/dotbot
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 720206578a8daf1e7167200e73e314fc4b8af52e
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diff --git a/nix/home/yt/common.nix b/home/yt/common.nix
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index ee46ec4..f605fcb 100644
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@@ -129,4 +129,10 @@
       border-color=#ff0000
     '';
   };
+
+  xdg.configFile = {
+    sway.source = ../sway;
+    rofi.source = ../rofi;
+    waybar.source = ../waybar;
+  };
 }
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diff --git a/install b/install
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-CONFIG="conf.yml"
-DOTBOT_DIR="dotbot"
-
-DOTBOT_BIN="bin/dotbot"
-BASEDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-
-cd "${BASEDIR}"
-git -C "${DOTBOT_DIR}" submodule sync --quiet --recursive
-git submodule update --init --recursive "${DOTBOT_DIR}"
-
-"${BASEDIR}/${DOTBOT_DIR}/${DOTBOT_BIN}" -d "${BASEDIR}" -c "${CONFIG}" "${@}"
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