diff --git a/overlays/overrides.nix b/overlays/overrides.nix
index 4b48b6d1..e35ad7e4 100644
--- a/overlays/overrides.nix
+++ b/overlays/overrides.nix
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ channels: final: prev: {
     deploy-rs
     ;
 
-  # nix is set to 2.3 in 21.11
-  nix-direnv = prev.nix-direnv.override { nix = prev.nixUnstable; };
-
   haskellPackages = prev.haskellPackages.override
     (old: {
       overrides = prev.lib.composeExtensions (old.overrides or (_: _: { })) (hfinal: hprev: