diff --git a/lib/deploy.nix b/lib/deploy.nix
index 5e9f6418..e97dfe35 100644
--- a/lib/deploy.nix
+++ b/lib/deploy.nix
@@ -5,58 +5,75 @@
  * Licensed under the MIT license
  */
 
-{ lib, inputs }: let
-  getFqdn = c: let
-    net = c.config.networking;
-    fqdn =
-      if (net ? domain) && (net.domain != null)
-      then "${net.hostName}.${net.domain}"
-      else net.hostName;
-  in
+{ lib, inputs }:
+let
+  getFqdn =
+    c:
+    let
+      net = c.config.networking;
+      fqdn =
+        if (net ? domain) && (net.domain != null) then "${net.hostName}.${net.domain}" else net.hostName;
+    in
     fqdn;
 in {
-  mkDeployNodes = systemConfigurations: extraConfig:
-  /*
-   *
-   Synopsis: mkNodes _systemConfigurations_ _extraConfig_
+  mkDeployNodes =
+    systemConfigurations: extraConfig:
+    /*
+      *
+       Synopsis: mkNodes _systemConfigurations_ _extraConfig_
 
-   Generate the `nodes` attribute expected by deploy-rs
-   where _systemConfigurations_ are `nodes`.
+       Generate the `nodes` attribute expected by deploy-rs
+       where _systemConfigurations_ are `nodes`.
 
-   _systemConfigurations_ should take the form of a flake's
-   _nixosConfigurations_. Note that deploy-rs does not currently support
-   deploying to darwin hosts.
+       _systemConfigurations_ should take the form of a flake's
+       _nixosConfigurations_. Note that deploy-rs does not currently support
+       deploying to darwin hosts.
 
-   _extraConfig_, if specified, will be merged into each of the
-   nodes' configurations.
+       _extraConfig_, if specified, will be merged into each of the
+       nodes' configurations.
 
-   Example _systemConfigurations_ input:
+       Example _systemConfigurations_ input:
 
-   ```
-   {
-   hostname-1 = {
-   fastConnection = true;
-   sshOpts = [ "-p" "25" ];
-   };
-   hostname-2 = {
-   sshOpts = [ "-p" "19999" ];
-   sshUser = "root";
-   };
-   }
-   ```
-   *
-   */
-    lib.recursiveUpdate
-    (lib.mapAttrs
-      (
-        _: c: {
-          hostname = getFqdn c;
-          profiles.system = {
-            user = "root";
-            path = inputs.deploy-rs.lib.${c.pkgs.stdenv.hostPlatform.system}.activate.nixos c;
+       ```
+       {
+       hostname-1 = {
+       fastConnection = true;
+       sshOpts = [ "-p" "25" ];
+       };
+       hostname-2 = {
+       sshOpts = [ "-p" "19999" ];
+       sshUser = "root";
+       };
+       }
+       ```
+      *
+    */
+    lib.recursiveUpdate (lib.mapAttrs ( _: c: {
+      hostname = getFqdn c;
+      profiles.system =
+        let
+          system = c.pkgs.system;
+
+          # Unmodified nixpkgs
+          pkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs { inherit system; };
+
+          # nixpkgs with deploy-rs overlay but force the nixpkgs package
+          deployPkgs = import inputs.nixpkgs {
+            inherit system;
+            overlays = [
+              inputs.deploy-rs.overlays.default
+              (self: super: {
+                deploy-rs = {
+                  inherit (pkgs) deploy-rs;
+                  lib = super.deploy-rs.lib;
+                };
+              })
+            ];
           };
-        }
-      )
-      systemConfigurations)
-    extraConfig;
+        in
+        {
+          user = "root";
+          path = deployPkgs.deploy-rs.lib.activate.nixos c;
+        };
+    }) systemConfigurations) extraConfig;
 }