diff --git a/nixosModules/clanCore/packages.nix b/nixosModules/clanCore/packages.nix
index 1e8579da4..e8fe4d553 100644
--- a/nixosModules/clanCore/packages.nix
+++ b/nixosModules/clanCore/packages.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,23 @@
-{ pkgs, ... }:
 {
-  environment.systemPackages = [
-    # essential debugging tools for networked services
-    pkgs.dnsutils
-    pkgs.tcpdump
-    pkgs.curl
-    pkgs.jq
-    pkgs.htop
-    # needed to deploy via `clan machines update` if the flake has a git input
-    pkgs.gitMinimal
-  ];
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
+  config,
+  ...
+}:
+{
+  environment.systemPackages =
+    [
+      # essential debugging tools for networked services
+      pkgs.dnsutils
+      pkgs.tcpdump
+      pkgs.curl
+      pkgs.jq
+      pkgs.htop
+
+      pkgs.nixos-facter # for `clan machines update-hardware-config --backend nixos-facter`
+    ]
+    ++ lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast config.nix.package.version "2.24")
+      # needed to deploy via `clan machines update` if the flake has a git input
+      # newer version of nix do have `libgit2`
+      pkgs.gitMinimal;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/cmd.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/cmd.py
index 70b31ec73..e070172eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/cmd.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/cmd.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import sys
 import timeit
 import weakref
 from collections.abc import Iterator
-from contextlib import contextmanager
+from contextlib import ExitStack, contextmanager
 from enum import Enum
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import IO, Any
@@ -86,6 +86,23 @@ def terminate_process_group(process: subprocess.Popen) -> Iterator[None]:
             pass
 
 
+@contextmanager
+def terminate_process(process: subprocess.Popen) -> Iterator[None]:
+    try:
+        yield
+    finally:
+        try:
+            process.terminate()
+            try:
+                with contextlib.suppress(subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
+                    # give the process time to terminate
+                    process.wait(3)
+            finally:
+                process.kill()
+        except ProcessLookupError:
+            pass
+
+
 class TimeTable:
     """
     This class is used to store the time taken by each command
@@ -146,20 +163,24 @@ def run(
         logger.debug(f"$: {shlex.join(cmd)} \nCaller: {get_caller()}")
     start = timeit.default_timer()
 
-    # Start the subprocess
-    with (
-        subprocess.Popen(
-            cmd,
-            cwd=str(cwd),
-            env=env,
-            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-            start_new_session=not needs_user_terminal,
-        ) as process,
-        terminate_process_group(process)
-        if not needs_user_terminal
-        else contextlib.suppress(),  # NOQA: B022
-    ):
+    with ExitStack() as stack:
+        process = stack.enter_context(
+            subprocess.Popen(
+                cmd,
+                cwd=str(cwd),
+                env=env,
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                start_new_session=not needs_user_terminal,
+            )
+        )
+
+        if needs_user_terminal:
+            # we didn't allocat a new session, so we can't terminate the process group
+            stack.enter_context(terminate_process(process))
+        else:
+            stack.enter_context(terminate_process_group(process))
+
         stdout_buf, stderr_buf = handle_output(process, log)
 
         if input:
diff --git a/pkgs/flake-module.nix b/pkgs/flake-module.nix
index 713062ae3..07e855938 100644
--- a/pkgs/flake-module.nix
+++ b/pkgs/flake-module.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ inputs, lib, ... }:
+{ inputs, ... }:
 
 {
   imports = [
@@ -22,20 +22,16 @@
   perSystem =
     { config, pkgs, ... }:
     {
-      packages =
-        {
-          tea-create-pr = pkgs.callPackage ./tea-create-pr { formatter = config.treefmt.build.wrapper; };
-          zerotier-members = pkgs.callPackage ./zerotier-members { };
-          zt-tcp-relay = pkgs.callPackage ./zt-tcp-relay { };
-          moonlight-sunshine-accept = pkgs.callPackage ./moonlight-sunshine-accept { };
-          merge-after-ci = pkgs.callPackage ./merge-after-ci { inherit (config.packages) tea-create-pr; };
-          pending-reviews = pkgs.callPackage ./pending-reviews { };
-          editor = pkgs.callPackage ./editor/clan-edit-codium.nix { };
-          classgen = pkgs.callPackage ./classgen { };
-          zerotierone = pkgs.callPackage ./zerotierone { };
-        }
-        // lib.optionalAttrs pkgs.stdenv.isLinux {
-          nixos-facter = pkgs.callPackage ./nixos-facter { };
-        };
+      packages = {
+        tea-create-pr = pkgs.callPackage ./tea-create-pr { formatter = config.treefmt.build.wrapper; };
+        zerotier-members = pkgs.callPackage ./zerotier-members { };
+        zt-tcp-relay = pkgs.callPackage ./zt-tcp-relay { };
+        moonlight-sunshine-accept = pkgs.callPackage ./moonlight-sunshine-accept { };
+        merge-after-ci = pkgs.callPackage ./merge-after-ci { inherit (config.packages) tea-create-pr; };
+        pending-reviews = pkgs.callPackage ./pending-reviews { };
+        editor = pkgs.callPackage ./editor/clan-edit-codium.nix { };
+        classgen = pkgs.callPackage ./classgen { };
+        zerotierone = pkgs.callPackage ./zerotierone { };
+      };
     };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/nixos-facter/default.nix b/pkgs/nixos-facter/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 935f7241a..000000000
--- a/pkgs/nixos-facter/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-{
-  buildGoModule,
-  hwinfo,
-  libusb1,
-  util-linux,
-  pciutils,
-  pkg-config,
-  lib,
-  fetchFromGitHub,
-  stdenv,
-}:
-let
-  hwinfo' = hwinfo.overrideAttrs {
-    src = fetchFromGitHub {
-      owner = "numtide";
-      repo = "hwinfo";
-      rev = "6944732764aecd701f807cd746ff605d2b749549";
-      hash = "sha256-onJQPVp12hJig56KoXTvps7DzO/7/VBbD5auzxMLNTY=";
-    };
-  };
-in
-buildGoModule rec {
-  pname = "nixos-facter";
-  version = "0-unstable-2024-08-26";
-
-  src = fetchFromGitHub {
-    owner = "numtide";
-    repo = "nixos-facter";
-    rev = "30a01d3771d4d3d7f44e3f33d589f2c389ebcc63";
-    hash = "sha256-mbfYJbrqCASsNW6mMtyf4aIpzME9jgaNToWyI0OlPt8=";
-  };
-
-  vendorHash = "sha256-8yQO7topYvXL6bP0oSVN1rApiPjse4Q2bjFNM5jVl8c=";
-
-  buildInputs = [
-    libusb1
-    hwinfo'
-  ];
-
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-
-  runtimeInputs = [
-    libusb1
-    util-linux
-    pciutils
-  ];
-
-  ldflags = [
-    "-s"
-    "-w"
-    "-X github.com/numtide/nixos-facter/pkg/build.Name=nixos-facter"
-    "-X github.com/numtide/nixos-facter/pkg/build.Version=v${version}"
-    "-X github.com/numtide/nixos-facter/pkg/build.System=${stdenv.hostPlatform.system}"
-  ];
-
-  meta = with lib; {
-    description = "nixos-facter: declarative nixos-generate-config";
-    homepage = "https://github.com/numtide/nixos-facter";
-    license = licenses.mit;
-    platforms = platforms.linux;
-    mainProgram = "nixos-facter";
-  };
-}