diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-nix-update.yml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-nix-update.yml
index 4e594dfc2..3e80884b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependabot-nix-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-nix-update.yml
@@ -19,11 +19,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Nix
         uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
 
-      - name: Configure Cache
-        uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
-
-      - name: Update Hash
-        run: nix run .#update-nix
+      - name: Update Nix Flake
+        run: nix flake update --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'
 
       - name: Set up Git Config
         run: |
diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
index 631b169fc..d1adb3823 100755
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -11,15 +11,7 @@ if [ -x "$(/usr/bin/env which nix-shell 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
     nix-shell $0
     exit $?
   else
-    nix flake update
-    # run ./nix-update.sh if package lock has changed and has no unstaged changes
-    if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain=v1 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^(MM| M) package-lock.json')" ]; then
-      echo "package-lock.json has unstaged changes. Skipping update of nix dependencies."
-    elif [ ! -n "$(git status --porcelain=v1 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^M package-lock.json')" ]; then
-      echo "package-lock.json has no changes. Skipping update of nix dependencies."
-    else
-      nix run .#nix-update-hashes || exit $?
-    fi
+    nix flake update --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'
   fi
 else
   echo "You do not appear to have nix installed. Skipping update of nix dependencies."
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 4ef7d21fe..5222f3ca0 100644
Binary files a/flake.lock and b/flake.lock differ
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 805ac7886..134afe7a2 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
     nixpkgs.lib.recursiveUpdate
       (
         let
-          hashesFile = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./hashes.json);
           rVersion =
             let
               rev = self.sourceInfo.shortRev or self.sourceInfo.dirtyShortRev;
@@ -49,12 +48,15 @@
                 };
 
                 src = ./.;
-                npmDepsHash = hashesFile.npmDepsHash;
+                npmDeps = pkgs.importNpmLock { npmRoot = ./.; };
+                npmConfigHook = pkgs.importNpmLock.npmConfigHook;
+
                 npmBuildScript = "build:src";
                 makeCacheWritable = true;
                 nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-                  python3
+                  (pkgs.python3.withPackages (ps: with ps; [ setuptools ]))
                 ];
+
                 installPhase =
                   let
                     revsFile = pkgs.writeText "spacebar-server-rev.json" (
@@ -92,35 +94,6 @@
 
                 passthru.tests = pkgs.testers.runNixOSTest (import ./nix/tests/test-bundle-starts.nix self);
               };
-
-              update-nix-hashes = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
-                name = "update-nix";
-                runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [
-                  prefetch-npm-deps
-                  nix
-                  jq
-                ];
-                text = ''
-                  rm -rf node_modules
-                  ${pkgs.nodejs_24}/bin/npm install --save --no-audit --no-fund --prefer-offline
-                  DEPS_HASH=$(prefetch-npm-deps package-lock.json)
-                  TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
-                  jq '.npmDepsHash = "'"$DEPS_HASH"'"' hashes.json > "$TMPFILE"
-                  mv -- "$TMPFILE" hashes.json
-                '';
-              };
-
-              update-nix-flake = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
-                name = "update-nix";
-                runtimeInputs = with pkgs; [
-                  prefetch-npm-deps
-                  nix
-                  jq
-                ];
-                text = ''
-                  nix flake update --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes'
-                '';
-              };
             };
 
             containers.docker = pkgs.dockerTools.buildLayeredImage {
@@ -162,4 +135,4 @@
           inherit self nixpkgs flake-utils;
         }
       );
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/hashes.json b/hashes.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a91aeae8..000000000
--- a/hashes.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "npmDepsHash": "sha256-0SsHcwTnb17YAsbCIpZXZ/HEzcFBWMTQdIE4yySKXFE="
-}