diff --git a/templates/new-clan/clan-flake-module.nix b/templates/new-clan/clan-flake-module.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cffd20ac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/new-clan/clan-flake-module.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED by clan
+{ ... }: {
+  imports =
+    let
+      relPaths = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./imports.json);
+      paths = map (path: ./. + path) relPaths;
+    in
+    paths;
+}
diff --git a/templates/new-clan/flake.nix b/templates/new-clan/flake.nix
index fed790bf3..ca463ed08 100644
--- a/templates/new-clan/flake.nix
+++ b/templates/new-clan/flake.nix
@@ -8,14 +8,8 @@
 
   outputs = inputs @ { flake-parts, ... }:
     flake-parts.lib.mkFlake { inherit inputs; } {
-
-      systems = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./systems.json);
-
-      imports =
-        let
-          relPaths = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./imports.json);
-          paths = map (path: ./. + path) relPaths;
-        in
-        paths;
+      imports = [
+        ./clan-flake-module.nix
+      ];
     };
 }