diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 32d510a3..d4c7ec29 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # returns an attribute set of the shape `{ defaultNix, shellNix }`
 
 (import (fetchTarball https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/master.tar.gz) {
-  src = builtins.fetchGit ./.;
+  src = ./.;
 }).defaultNix
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 8b8aa5aa..9e967032 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # returns an attribute set of the shape `{ defaultNix, shellNix }`
 
 (import (fetchTarball https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/master.tar.gz) {
-  src = builtins.fetchGit ./.;
+  src = ./.;
 }).shellNix