diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index e0ebc4303..093ccd12d 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ lib.fix (
     facts = import ./facts.nix { inherit lib; };
 
     # flakes
-    flakes = clanLib.callLib ./flakes.nix {
-      clan-core = self;
-    };
+    flakes = clanLib.callLib ./flakes.nix { };
   }
 )
diff --git a/lib/flakes.nix b/lib/flakes.nix
index cf74ac17a..43e87db46 100644
--- a/lib/flakes.nix
+++ b/lib/flakes.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,22 @@
 {
   lib,
-  clan-core,
   ...
 }:
 {
   # A flake lock for offline use.
   # All flake inputs are locked to an existing store path
   mkOfflineFlakeLock =
-    flakePath:
+    flakeRef:
+
     let
+      flake =
+        if lib.isAttrs flakeRef then
+          flakeRef
+        else
+          throw "Cannot handle flake of type ${lib.typeOf flakeRef} yet.";
+      flakePath = toString flake;
       flakeLock = lib.importJSON (flakePath + "/flake.lock");
-      flakeInputs = builtins.removeAttrs clan-core.inputs [ "self" ];
+      flakeInputs = builtins.removeAttrs flake.inputs [ "self" ];
       inputsToPaths =
         flakeLock:
         flakeLock
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@
                   lastModified =
                     # lol, nixpkgs has a different timestamp on the fs???
                     if name == "nixpkgs" then 0 else 1;
-                  path = "${clan-core.inputs.${name}}";
+                  path = "${flake.inputs.${name}}";
                   type = "path";
                 };
               }
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-core-flake/flake-module.nix b/pkgs/clan-core-flake/flake-module.nix
index 81f20e8d5..52b8a8b22 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-core-flake/flake-module.nix
+++ b/pkgs/clan-core-flake/flake-module.nix
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ in
                 export NIX_STORE_DIR=$HOME
                 cp -r ${clanCore} $out
                 chmod +w -R $out
-                cp ${mkOfflineFlakeLock clanCore} $out/flake.lock
+                cp ${mkOfflineFlakeLock self} $out/flake.lock
                 nix flake lock $out --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'
                 clanCoreHash=$(nix hash path ${clanCore} --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command')
               '';