diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index eb69022..8e5f771 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -67,21 +67,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "flake-compat": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1696426674,
-        "narHash": "sha256-kvjfFW7WAETZlt09AgDn1MrtKzP7t90Vf7vypd3OL1U=",
-        "owner": "edolstra",
-        "repo": "flake-compat",
-        "rev": "0f9255e01c2351cc7d116c072cb317785dd33b33",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "edolstra",
-        "repo": "flake-compat",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "flake-utils": {
       "inputs": {
         "systems": "systems_2"
@@ -100,24 +85,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "flake-utils_2": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "systems": "systems_3"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1710146030,
-        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "home-manager": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -199,63 +166,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nix-alien": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
-        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2",
-        "nix-filter": "nix-filter",
-        "nix-index-database": "nix-index-database",
-        "nixpkgs": [
-          "nixpkgs"
-        ]
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1718448591,
-        "narHash": "sha256-TDzUlwvCmkY4IzEMLV7vmB/GlKznsS+/oBO4Z6z9ACE=",
-        "owner": "thiagokokada",
-        "repo": "nix-alien",
-        "rev": "d457975f39a4eaf8bec55b7cc3ff26226d4fb062",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "thiagokokada",
-        "repo": "nix-alien",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nix-filter": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1710156097,
-        "narHash": "sha256-1Wvk8UP7PXdf8bCCaEoMnOT1qe5/Duqgj+rL8sRQsSM=",
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "nix-filter",
-        "rev": "3342559a24e85fc164b295c3444e8a139924675b",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "nix-filter",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "nix-index-database": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1718011381,
-        "narHash": "sha256-sFXI+ZANp/OC+MwfJoZgPSf4xMdtzQMe1pS3FGti4C8=",
-        "owner": "nix-community",
-        "repo": "nix-index-database",
-        "rev": "88ad3d7501e22b2401dd72734b032b7baa794434",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-community",
-        "repo": "nix-index-database",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nixos-hardware": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1720737798,
@@ -274,15 +184,15 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1717786204,
-        "narHash": "sha256-4q0s6m0GUcN7q+Y2DqD27iLvbcd1G50T2lv08kKxkSI=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "lastModified": 1720768451,
+        "narHash": "sha256-EYekUHJE2gxeo2pM/zM9Wlqw1Uw2XTJXOSAO79ksc4Y=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "051f920625ab5aabe37c920346e3e69d7d34400e",
+        "rev": "7e7c39ea35c5cdd002cd4588b03a3fb9ece6fad9",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
-        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "owner": "nixos",
         "ref": "nixos-unstable",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
@@ -304,22 +214,6 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "nixpkgs_2": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1720768451,
-        "narHash": "sha256-EYekUHJE2gxeo2pM/zM9Wlqw1Uw2XTJXOSAO79ksc4Y=",
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "7e7c39ea35c5cdd002cd4588b03a3fb9ece6fad9",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "pppdotpm-site": {
       "inputs": {
         "nixpkgs": [
@@ -348,9 +242,8 @@
         "home-manager": "home-manager_2",
         "hyprland-contrib": "hyprland-contrib",
         "nh": "nh",
-        "nix-alien": "nix-alien",
         "nixos-hardware": "nixos-hardware",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "pppdotpm-site": "pppdotpm-site"
       }
     },
@@ -383,21 +276,6 @@
         "repo": "default",
         "type": "github"
       }
-    },
-    "systems_3": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1681028828,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
     }
   },
   "root": "root",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index c208521..121f8f9 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -31,11 +31,6 @@
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
 
-    nix-alien = {
-      url = "github:thiagokokada/nix-alien";
-      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-    };
-
     pppdotpm-site = {
       url = "git+ssh://git@codeberg.org/ppp/ppp.pm-site.git?ref=main";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
diff --git a/hosts/pinwheel/modules/work/default.nix b/hosts/pinwheel/modules/work/default.nix
index c593c64..297e9ce 100644
--- a/hosts/pinwheel/modules/work/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/pinwheel/modules/work/default.nix
@@ -13,11 +13,7 @@ in
 
     home.packages = [
       (pkgs.callPackage ./syb-cli.nix {})
-
-      (pkgs.callPackage ./pants.nix {
-        nix-alien = inputs.nix-alien.packages."${pkgs.system}".nix-alien;
-      })
-      pkgs.unzip # needed by pants
+      (pkgs.callPackage ./pants.nix {})
 
       (pkgs.jetbrains.plugins.addPlugins pkgs.jetbrains.idea-ultimate [ "ideavim" ])
       (pkgs.google-cloud-sdk.withExtraComponents [ pkgs.google-cloud-sdk.components.gke-gcloud-auth-plugin ])
diff --git a/hosts/pinwheel/modules/work/pants.nix b/hosts/pinwheel/modules/work/pants.nix
index 9a761fc..6a424e4 100644
--- a/hosts/pinwheel/modules/work/pants.nix
+++ b/hosts/pinwheel/modules/work/pants.nix
@@ -1,39 +1,47 @@
 {
-  stdenv,
   fetchurl,
-  writeShellScriptBin,
-  nix-alien,
-  ...
+  pkgs,
+  lib,
 }:
 let
-  version = "0.11.0";
+  pname = "pants";
+  version = "0.12.0";
 
-  unpatched = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-    name = "scie-pants";
-    version = version;
-    sourceRoot = ".";
-    phases = [
-      "installPhase"
-      "patchPhase"
-    ];
+  scie-pants = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    inherit pname version;
 
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "https://github.com/pantsbuild/scie-pants/releases/download/v${version}/scie-pants-linux-x86_64";
-      sha256 = "sha256-ifP5gjTdLMXyVSKda6pPBNNcnJZ0giuqikFBk7cXgHI=";
+      url = "https://github.com/pantsbuild/scie-pants/releases/download/v${version}/scie-${pname}-linux-x86_64";
+      hash = "sha256-9PjgobndxVqDTYGtw1HESrtzwzH2qE9zFwR26xtwZrM=";
     };
 
+    phases = ["installPhase" "patchPhase"];
     installPhase = ''
-      runHook preInstall
-
       mkdir -p $out/bin
       cp $src $out/bin/pants
       chmod +x $out/bin/pants
-
-      runHook postInstall
     '';
   };
 in
-writeShellScriptBin "pants" ''
-  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$NIX_LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-  ${nix-alien}/bin/nix-alien ${unpatched}/bin/pants -- "$@"
-''
+pkgs.buildFHSUserEnv  {
+  name = "pants";
+
+  targetPackages = with pkgs; [
+    python39
+  ];
+
+  runScript = "${scie-pants}/bin/pants";
+  profile = ''
+    export NIX_SSL_CERT_FILE="/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
+    export SSL_CERT_FILE="/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Protects your Pants from the elements";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/pantsbuild/scie-pants";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = [];
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    mainProgram = "pants";
+  };
+}