diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/clan/create.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/clan/create.py
index d9be66f06..fa104c562 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/clan/create.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_lib/clan/create.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from clan_lib.api import API
-from clan_lib.cmd import CmdOut, RunOpts, run
+from clan_lib.cmd import RunOpts, run
 from clan_lib.errors import ClanError
 from clan_lib.flake import Flake
 from clan_lib.nix import nix_command, nix_metadata, nix_shell
@@ -18,15 +18,6 @@ from clan_lib.templates import (
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-@dataclass
-class CreateClanResponse:
-    flake_update: CmdOut | None = None
-    git_init: CmdOut | None = None
-    git_add: CmdOut | None = None
-    git_config_username: CmdOut | None = None
-    git_config_email: CmdOut | None = None
-
-
 @dataclass
 class CreateOptions:
     dest: Path
@@ -43,7 +34,7 @@ def git_command(directory: Path, *args: str) -> list[str]:
 
 
 @API.register
-def create_clan(opts: CreateOptions) -> CreateClanResponse:
+def create_clan(opts: CreateOptions) -> None:
     dest = opts.dest.resolve()
 
     if opts.src_flake is not None:
@@ -75,36 +66,28 @@ def create_clan(opts: CreateOptions) -> CreateClanResponse:
 
     copy_from_nixstore(src, dest)
 
-    response = CreateClanResponse()
-
     if opts.setup_git:
-        response.git_init = run(git_command(dest, "init"))
-        response.git_add = run(git_command(dest, "add", "."))
+        run(git_command(dest, "init"))
+        run(git_command(dest, "add", "."))
 
         # check if username is set
         has_username = run(
             git_command(dest, "config", "user.name"), RunOpts(check=False)
         )
-        response.git_config_username = None
         if has_username.returncode != 0:
-            response.git_config_username = run(
-                git_command(dest, "config", "user.name", "clan-tool")
-            )
+            run(git_command(dest, "config", "user.name", "clan-tool"))
 
         has_username = run(
             git_command(dest, "config", "user.email"), RunOpts(check=False)
         )
         if has_username.returncode != 0:
-            response.git_config_email = run(
-                git_command(dest, "config", "user.email", "clan@example.com")
-            )
+            run(git_command(dest, "config", "user.email", "clan@example.com"))
 
     if opts.update_clan:
-        flake_update = run(nix_command(["flake", "update"]), RunOpts(cwd=dest))
-        response.flake_update = flake_update
+        run(nix_command(["flake", "update"]), RunOpts(cwd=dest))
 
     if opts.initial:
         inventory_store = InventoryStore(flake=Flake(str(opts.dest)))
         inventory_store.write(opts.initial, message="Init inventory")
 
-    return response
+    return