diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index dd7e993..6a57790 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1673606088,
-        "narHash": "sha256-wdYD41UwNwPhTdMaG0AIe7fE1bAdyHe6bB4HLUqUvck=",
+        "lastModified": 1673855649,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Pc1VumquuFMDR1Ers1QOVDDabL/trVwfqWXeKJPXLQg=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "37b97ae3dd714de9a17923d004a2c5b5543dfa6d",
+        "rev": "c85d08692966cf022b0a741a794cb1650602d8af",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable-small",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 95d7184..446a168 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   inputs = {
     flake-parts.url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-parts";
     flake-parts.inputs.nixpkgs-lib.follows = "nixpkgs";
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable-small";
 
     treefmt-nix.url = "github:numtide/treefmt-nix";
   };
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/systemd.nix b/nix/pkgs/systemd.nix
index 5113370..8a402fb 100644
--- a/nix/pkgs/systemd.nix
+++ b/nix/pkgs/systemd.nix
@@ -10,10 +10,5 @@ systemd.overrideAttrs (old: {
         url = "https://github.com/Mic92/systemd/commit/93a2921a81cab3be9b7eacab6b0095c96a0ae9e2.patch";
         sha256 = "sha256-7WlhMLE7sfD3Cxn6n6R1sUNzUOvas7XMyabi3bsq7jM=";
       })
-      # included in next release: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/25721
-      (fetchpatch {
-        url = "https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/39ed2f02d0a00505fce34ce4281cc6e4f016ec6b.patch";
-        sha256 = "sha256-RD8GhOxzNNgC0KKThRaeF2uP8Y+Tt7kVSDtf1ukUwcI=";
-      })
     ];
 })