diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_clan_nix_attrset.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_clan_nix_attrset.py
index 8cda0d002..7c80cc5fd 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_clan_nix_attrset.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/tests/test_clan_nix_attrset.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def test_clan_core_templates(
     ]
     clan_core_template_keys = list(clan_core_templates.keys())
 
-    expected_templates = ["default", "flake-parts", "minimal", "minimal-flake-parts"]
+    expected_templates = ["classic", "default", "minimal"]
     assert clan_core_template_keys == expected_templates
 
     vlist_temps = list_templates("clan", clan_dir)
@@ -114,14 +114,13 @@ def test_clan_core_templates(
     )
     assert (new_clan / "flake.nix").exists()
     assert (new_clan / "machines").is_dir()
-    assert (new_clan / "machines" / "jon").is_dir()
-    config_nix_p = new_clan / "machines" / "jon" / "configuration.nix"
-    assert (config_nix_p).is_file()
+    # config_nix_p = new_clan / "machines" / "jon" / "configuration.nix"
+    # assert (config_nix_p).is_file()
 
     # Test if we can write to the configuration.nix file
-    with config_nix_p.open("r+") as f:
-        data = f.read()
-        f.write(data)
+    # with config_nix_p.open("r+") as f:
+    #     data = f.read()
+    #     f.write(data)
 
 
 # Test Case 1: Minimal input with empty templates
diff --git a/templates/clan/flake-parts/.envrc b/templates/clan/classic/.envrc
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/clan/flake-parts/.envrc
rename to templates/clan/classic/.envrc
diff --git a/templates/clan/new-clan/flake.nix b/templates/clan/classic/flake.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/clan/new-clan/flake.nix
rename to templates/clan/classic/flake.nix
diff --git a/templates/clan/new-clan/machines/.gitkeep b/templates/clan/classic/machines/.gitkeep
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/clan/new-clan/machines/.gitkeep
rename to templates/clan/classic/machines/.gitkeep
diff --git a/templates/clan/new-clan/.envrc b/templates/clan/default/.envrc
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/clan/new-clan/.envrc
rename to templates/clan/default/.envrc
diff --git a/templates/clan/default/flake.nix b/templates/clan/default/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e61a8b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/clan/default/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+{
+  inputs.clan-core.url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/archive/main.tar.gz";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "clan-core/nixpkgs";
+  inputs.flake-parts.url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-parts";
+  inputs.flake-parts.inputs.nixpkgs-lib.follows = "clan-core/nixpkgs";
+
+  outputs =
+    inputs@{ flake-parts, ... }:
+    flake-parts.lib.mkFlake { inherit inputs; } {
+      systems = [
+        "x86_64-linux"
+        "aarch64-linux"
+        "x86_64-darwin"
+        "aarch64-darwin"
+      ];
+      imports = [ inputs.clan-core.flakeModules.default ];
+      # https://docs.clan.lol/guides/getting-started/flake-parts/
+      clan = {
+
+        # Ensure this is unique among all clans you want to use.
+        meta.name = "__CHANGE_ME__";
+
+        # Information about your machines. Machines under ./machines will be auto-imported.
+        inventory.machines = {
+          somemachine.tags = [ "desktop" ];
+          somemachine.deploy.targetHost = "root@somemachine";
+        };
+
+        # Clan services to use. See https://docs.clan.lol/reference/clanServices
+        inventory.instances = {
+
+          admin = {
+            module = {
+              name = "admin";
+              input = "clan";
+            };
+            roles.default.tags.all = { };
+          };
+
+          zerotier = {
+            module = {
+              name = "zerotier";
+              input = "clan";
+            };
+            roles.peer.tags.all = { };
+          };
+        };
+
+        # A mapping of machine names to their nixos configuration. Allows specifying
+        # additional configuration.
+        machines = {
+          somemachine =
+            { pkgs, ... }:
+            {
+              environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [ asciinema ];
+            };
+        };
+      };
+      perSystem =
+        { pkgs, inputs', ... }:
+        {
+          devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell { packages = [ inputs'.clan-core.packages.clan-cli ]; };
+        };
+    };
+}
diff --git a/templates/clan/default/machines/.gitkeep b/templates/clan/default/machines/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/templates/clan/flake-parts/flake.nix b/templates/clan/flake-parts/flake.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d61576bc..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/flake-parts/flake.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-{
-  inputs.clan-core.url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/archive/main.tar.gz";
-  inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "clan-core/nixpkgs";
-  inputs.flake-parts.url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-parts";
-  inputs.flake-parts.inputs.nixpkgs-lib.follows = "clan-core/nixpkgs";
-
-  outputs =
-    inputs@{
-      self,
-      flake-parts,
-      ...
-    }:
-    flake-parts.lib.mkFlake { inherit inputs; } {
-      systems = [
-        "x86_64-linux"
-        "aarch64-linux"
-        "x86_64-darwin"
-        "aarch64-darwin"
-      ];
-      imports = [ inputs.clan-core.flakeModules.default ];
-      # https://docs.clan.lol/guides/getting-started/flake-parts/
-      clan = {
-        meta.name = "__CHANGE_ME__"; # Ensure this is unique among all clans you want to use.
-
-        inherit self;
-        machines = {
-          # "jon" will be the hostname of the machine
-          jon =
-            { pkgs, ... }:
-            {
-              imports = [
-                ./modules/shared.nix
-                ./modules/disko.nix
-                ./machines/jon/configuration.nix
-              ];
-
-              nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "x86_64-linux";
-
-              # Set this for clan commands use ssh i.e. `clan machines update`
-              # If you change the hostname, you need to update this line to root@<new-hostname>
-              # This only works however if you have avahi running on your admin machine else use IP
-              clan.core.networking.targetHost = pkgs.lib.mkDefault "root@jon";
-
-              # You can get your disk id by running the following command on the installer:
-              # Replace <IP> with the IP of the installer printed on the screen or by running the `ip addr` command.
-              # ssh root@<IP> lsblk --output NAME,ID-LINK,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT
-              disko.devices.disk.main = {
-                device = "/dev/disk/by-id/__CHANGE_ME__";
-              };
-
-              # IMPORTANT! Add your SSH key here
-              # e.g. > cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
-              users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = throw ''
-                Don't forget to add your SSH key here!
-                users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [ "<YOUR SSH_KEY>" ]
-              '';
-
-              # Zerotier needs one controller to accept new nodes. Once accepted
-              # the controller can be offline and routing still works.
-              clan.core.networking.zerotier.controller.enable = true;
-            };
-          # "sara" will be the hostname of the machine
-          sara =
-            { pkgs, ... }:
-            {
-              imports = [
-                ./modules/shared.nix
-                ./modules/disko.nix
-                ./machines/sara/configuration.nix
-              ];
-
-              nixpkgs.hostPlatform = "x86_64-linux";
-
-              # Set this for clan commands use ssh i.e. `clan machines update`
-              # If you change the hostname, you need to update this line to root@<new-hostname>
-              # This only works however if you have avahi running on your admin machine else use IP
-              clan.core.networking.targetHost = pkgs.lib.mkDefault "root@sara";
-
-              # You can get your disk id by running the following command on the installer:
-              # Replace <IP> with the IP of the installer printed on the screen or by running the `ip addr` command.
-              # ssh root@<IP> lsblk --output NAME,ID-LINK,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT
-              disko.devices.disk.main = {
-                device = "/dev/disk/by-id/__CHANGE_ME__";
-              };
-
-              # IMPORTANT! Add your SSH key here
-              # e.g. > cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
-              users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = throw ''
-                Don't forget to add your SSH key here!
-                users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = [ "<YOUR SSH_KEY>" ]
-              '';
-
-              /*
-                After jon is deployed, uncomment the following line
-                This will allow sara to share the VPN overlay network with jon
-                The networkId is generated by the first deployment of jon
-              */
-              # clan.core.networking.zerotier.networkId = builtins.readFile ../../vars/per-machine/jon/zerotier/zerotier-network-id/value;
-            };
-        };
-      };
-      perSystem =
-        { pkgs, inputs', ... }:
-        {
-          devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell { packages = [ inputs'.clan-core.packages.clan-cli ]; };
-        };
-    };
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/flake-parts/machines/jon/configuration.nix b/templates/clan/flake-parts/machines/jon/configuration.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fa9a41cd..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/flake-parts/machines/jon/configuration.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{ config, ... }:
-let
-  username = config.networking.hostName;
-in
-{
-  imports = [ ./hardware-configuration.nix ];
-
-  # Locale service discovery and mDNS
-  services.avahi.enable = true;
-
-  services.xserver.enable = true;
-  services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
-  services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
-  # Disable the default gnome apps to speed up deployment
-  services.gnome.core-utilities.enable = false;
-
-  # Enable automatic login for the user.
-  services.displayManager.autoLogin = {
-    enable = true;
-    user = username;
-  };
-
-  users.users.${username} = {
-    initialPassword = username;
-    isNormalUser = true;
-    extraGroups = [
-      "wheel"
-      "networkmanager"
-      "video"
-      "audio"
-      "input"
-      "dialout"
-      "disk"
-    ];
-    uid = 1000;
-    openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = config.users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/flake-parts/machines/sara/configuration.nix b/templates/clan/flake-parts/machines/sara/configuration.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index df02f6cad..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/flake-parts/machines/sara/configuration.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{ config, ... }:
-
-let
-  username = config.networking.hostName;
-in
-{
-  imports = [ ./hardware-configuration.nix ];
-
-  # Locale service discovery and mDNS
-  services.avahi.enable = true;
-
-  services.xserver.enable = true;
-  services.xserver.desktopManager.gnome.enable = true;
-  services.xserver.displayManager.gdm.enable = true;
-  # Disable the default gnome apps to speed up deployment
-  services.gnome.core-utilities.enable = false;
-
-  # Enable automatic login for the user.
-  services.displayManager.autoLogin = {
-    enable = true;
-    user = username;
-  };
-
-  users.users.${username} = {
-    initialPassword = username;
-    isNormalUser = true;
-    extraGroups = [
-      "wheel"
-      "networkmanager"
-      "video"
-      "audio"
-      "input"
-      "dialout"
-      "disk"
-    ];
-    uid = 1000;
-    openssh.authorizedKeys.keys = config.users.users.root.openssh.authorizedKeys.keys;
-  };
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/flake-parts/modules/disko.nix b/templates/clan/flake-parts/modules/disko.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bc1e84bd..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/flake-parts/modules/disko.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{ lib, clan-core, ... }:
-
-let
-  suffix = config.clan.core.vars.generators.disk-id.files.diskId.value;
-in
-{
-  imports = [
-    clan-core.clanModules.disk-id
-  ];
-
-  boot.loader.grub.efiSupport = lib.mkDefault true;
-  boot.loader.grub.efiInstallAsRemovable = lib.mkDefault true;
-  disko.devices = {
-    disk = {
-      "main" = {
-        # suffix is to prevent disk name collisions
-        name = "main-" + suffix;
-        type = "disk";
-        # Set the following in flake.nix for each maschine:
-        # device = <uuid>;
-        content = {
-          type = "gpt";
-          partitions = {
-            "boot" = {
-              size = "1M";
-              type = "EF02"; # for grub MBR
-              priority = 1;
-            };
-            "ESP" = {
-              size = "512M";
-              type = "EF00";
-              content = {
-                type = "filesystem";
-                format = "vfat";
-                mountpoint = "/boot";
-              };
-            };
-            "root" = {
-              size = "100%";
-              content = {
-                type = "filesystem";
-                format = "ext4";
-                mountpoint = "/";
-              };
-            };
-          };
-        };
-      };
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/flake-parts/modules/shared.nix b/templates/clan/flake-parts/modules/shared.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b30638a9..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/flake-parts/modules/shared.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  clan-core,
-  # Optional, if you want to access other flakes:
-  # self,
-  ...
-}:
-{
-  imports = [
-    clan-core.clanModules.sshd
-    clan-core.clanModules.root-password
-    # You can access other flakes imported in your flake via `self` like this:
-    # self.inputs.nix-index-database.nixosModules.nix-index
-  ];
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/checks.nix b/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/checks.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 8de32fa02..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/checks.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{ self, ... }:
-{
-  perSystem =
-    {
-      self',
-      lib,
-      system,
-      ...
-    }:
-    {
-      checks =
-        let
-          nixosMachines = lib.mapAttrs' (
-            name: config: lib.nameValuePair "nixos-${name}" config.config.system.build.toplevel
-          ) ((lib.filterAttrs (_: config: config.pkgs.system == system)) self.nixosConfigurations);
-
-          packages = lib.mapAttrs' (n: lib.nameValuePair "package-${n}") self'.packages;
-          devShells = lib.mapAttrs' (n: lib.nameValuePair "devShell-${n}") self'.devShells;
-        in
-        nixosMachines // packages // devShells;
-    };
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/clan.nix b/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/clan.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 507900c94..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/clan.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{ self, inputs, ... }:
-{
-  imports = [
-    inputs.clan.flakeModules.default
-  ];
-  clan = {
-    meta.name = "__CHANGE_ME__";
-    inherit self;
-    specialArgs = {
-      inherit inputs;
-    };
-  };
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/devshells.nix b/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/devshells.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 43a2d86db..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/devshells.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-_: {
-  perSystem =
-    {
-      pkgs,
-      inputs',
-      ...
-    }:
-    {
-      devShells = {
-        default = pkgs.mkShellNoCC {
-          packages = [
-            inputs'.clan.packages.default
-          ];
-        };
-      };
-    };
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/flake.nix b/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/flake.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 63afbb405..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/flake.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-{
-
-  inputs = {
-    clan.url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/archive/main.tar.gz";
-    nixpkgs.follows = "clan/nixpkgs";
-
-    flake-parts.url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-parts";
-    flake-parts.inputs.nixpkgs-lib.follows = "clan/nixpkgs";
-  };
-
-  outputs =
-    inputs@{ flake-parts, ... }:
-    flake-parts.lib.mkFlake { inherit inputs; } (
-      { ... }:
-      {
-        systems = [
-          "x86_64-linux"
-          "aarch64-linux"
-          "x86_64-darwin"
-          "aarch64-darwin"
-        ];
-
-        imports = [
-          ./checks.nix
-          ./clan.nix
-          ./devshells.nix
-          ./formatter.nix
-        ];
-      }
-    );
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/formatter.nix b/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/formatter.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ec092fae4..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/formatter.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-_: {
-  perSystem =
-    {
-      pkgs,
-      ...
-    }:
-    {
-      formatter = pkgs.nixfmt;
-    };
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/.gitignore b/templates/clan/minimal/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/clan/minimal-flake-parts/.gitignore
rename to templates/clan/minimal/.gitignore
diff --git a/templates/clan/minimal/flake.nix b/templates/clan/minimal/flake.nix
index bc7e4b895..a299343fd 100644
--- a/templates/clan/minimal/flake.nix
+++ b/templates/clan/minimal/flake.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,36 @@
 {
-  inputs.clan-core.url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/archive/main.tar.gz";
-  inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "clan-core/nixpkgs";
+
+  inputs = {
+    clan.url = "https://git.clan.lol/clan/clan-core/archive/main.tar.gz";
+    nixpkgs.follows = "clan/nixpkgs";
+
+    flake-parts.url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-parts";
+    flake-parts.inputs.nixpkgs-lib.follows = "clan/nixpkgs";
+  };
 
   outputs =
-    { self, clan-core, ... }:
-    let
-      # Usage see: https://docs.clan.lol
-      clan = clan-core.clanLib.buildClan { inherit self; };
-    in
-    {
-      # all machines managed by Clan
-      inherit (clan) nixosConfigurations nixosModules clanInternals;
-    };
+    inputs@{ flake-parts, ... }:
+    flake-parts.lib.mkFlake { inherit inputs; } (
+      { self, lib, ... }:
+      {
+
+        imports = [
+          inputs.clan.flakeModules.default
+        ];
+
+        clan = {
+          inherit self;
+          specialArgs = { inherit inputs; };
+          # Ensure this is unique among all clans you want to use.
+          meta.name = lib.mkDefault "__CHANGE_ME__";
+        };
+
+        systems = [
+          "x86_64-linux"
+          "aarch64-linux"
+          "x86_64-darwin"
+          "aarch64-darwin"
+        ];
+      }
+    );
 }
diff --git a/templates/clan/minimal/inventory.json b/templates/clan/minimal/inventory.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 40109ebd5..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/minimal/inventory.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "meta": { "name": "__CHANGE_ME__" },
-  "machines": {},
-  "services": {}
-}
diff --git a/templates/clan/new-clan/.clan-flake b/templates/clan/new-clan/.clan-flake
deleted file mode 100644
index 406fcfebe..000000000
--- a/templates/clan/new-clan/.clan-flake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# DO NOT DELETE
-# This file is used by the clan cli to discover a clan flake
diff --git a/templates/flake.nix b/templates/flake.nix
index e349af18b..df9045be6 100644
--- a/templates/flake.nix
+++ b/templates/flake.nix
@@ -25,20 +25,18 @@
         clan = {
           default = {
             description = "Initialize a new clan flake";
-            path = ./clan/new-clan;
+            path = ./clan/default;
           };
+
+          classic = {
+            description = "Initialize a new clan flake (no flake-parts)";
+            path = ./clan/classic;
+          };
+
           minimal = {
             description = "for clans managed via (G)UI";
             path = ./clan/minimal;
           };
-          flake-parts = {
-            description = "Flake-parts";
-            path = ./clan/flake-parts;
-          };
-          minimal-flake-parts = {
-            description = "Minimal flake-parts clan template";
-            path = ./clan/minimal-flake-parts;
-          };
         };
       };
     };