diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index c385ea1..e304c7d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -59,19 +59,18 @@
             else pkgs.ansible;
         in
         rec {
-          pkgmgr = pypkgs.buildPythonApplication {
-            pname   = "package-manager";
+            pkgmgr = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+            pname = "package-manager";
             version = "0.1.0";
-            src     = ./.;
 
-            pyproject    = true;
-            build-system = [ pypkgs.setuptools ];
+            src = ./.;
 
-            propagatedBuildInputs = [
-              pypkgs.pyyaml
-              ansiblePkg
-            ];
-          };
+            installPhase = ''
+                mkdir -p $out/bin
+                cp main.py $out/bin/pkgmgr
+                chmod +x $out/bin/pkgmgr
+            '';
+            };
 
           # default package just points to pkgmgr
           default = pkgmgr;
diff --git a/requirements.yml b/requirements.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6100761..0000000
--- a/requirements.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# This file defines Ansible Galaxy dependencies for this repository.
-# It is used by `ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml`
-# to download required collections and roles.
-#
-# Since the package-manager project does not rely on Ansible,
-# both sections are intentionally left empty.
-
-collections: []
-roles: []