diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/machines/host_platform.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/machines/host_platform.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bdc8258d4..000000000
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/machines/host_platform.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass, fields
-from typing import Any
-
-
-@dataclass
-class HostPlatform:
-    config: str
-    darwinArch: str
-    darwinMinVersion: str
-    darwinSdkVersion: str
-    is32bit: bool
-    is64bit: bool
-    isx86_64: bool
-    isAarch: bool
-    isDarwin: bool
-    isFreeBSD: bool
-    isLinux: bool
-    isMacOS: bool
-    isWindows: bool
-    isAndroid: bool
-    linuxArch: str
-    qemuArch: str
-    system: str
-    ubootArch: str
-
-    # ruff: noqa: N815
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def from_dict(data: dict[str, Any]) -> "HostPlatform":
-        """
-        Factory method that creates an instance of HostPlatform from a dictionary.
-        Extra fields in the dictionary are ignored.
-
-        Args:
-        data (dict): A dictionary containing values for initializing HostPlatform.
-
-        Returns:
-        HostPlatform: An instance of the HostPlatform class.
-        """
-        # Dynamically extract field names from the dataclass
-        valid_keys = {field.name for field in fields(HostPlatform)}
-
-        # Filter the dictionary to only include items with keys that are valid
-        filtered_data = {k: v for k, v in data.items() if k in valid_keys}
-
-        # Pass the filtered data to the HostPlatform constructor
-        return HostPlatform(**filtered_data)
diff --git a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/machines/machines.py b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/machines/machines.py
index 6e836b96b..b02599eac 100644
--- a/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/machines/machines.py
+++ b/pkgs/clan-cli/clan_cli/machines/machines.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from clan_cli.cmd import run_no_stdout
 from clan_cli.errors import ClanError
 from clan_cli.facts import public_modules as facts_public_modules
 from clan_cli.facts import secret_modules as facts_secret_modules
-from clan_cli.machines import host_platform
 from clan_cli.nix import nix_build, nix_config, nix_eval, nix_metadata
 from clan_cli.ssh import Host, HostKeyCheck, parse_deployment_address
 from clan_cli.vars.public_modules import FactStoreBase
@@ -48,16 +47,13 @@ class Machine:
         return str(self)
 
     @property
-    def host_platform(self) -> host_platform.HostPlatform:
+    def system(self) -> str:
         # We filter out function attributes because they are not serializable.
         attr = f"""
             (let
                 machine = ((builtins.getFlake "{self.flake}").nixosConfigurations.{self.name});
-                lib = machine.lib;
-                removeFunctionAttrs = attrset:
-                    lib.filterAttrs (name: value: lib.isFunction value == false && name != "parsed") attrset;
             in
-            {{ x = removeFunctionAttrs machine.pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform; }}).x
+            {{ x =  machine.pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system; }}).x
             """
         if attr in self._eval_cache:
             output = self._eval_cache[attr]
@@ -67,14 +63,14 @@ class Machine:
             ).stdout.strip()
             self._eval_cache[attr] = output
         value = json.loads(output)
-        return host_platform.HostPlatform.from_dict(value)
+        return value
 
     @property
     def can_build_locally(self) -> bool:
         # TODO: We could also use the function pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.canExecute
         # but this is good enough for now.
         output = nix_config()
-        return self.host_platform.system == output["system"]
+        return self.system == output["system"]
 
     @property
     def deployment(self) -> dict: