From c64a9718ce82c2579c1f707748e066bb9596d50b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Arvstedt <erik.arvstedt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 22:22:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/containers: simplify env var definition

Also clear up the misleading comment: This env var isn't
root-specific, it's needed for all users.
---
 nixos/modules/virtualisation/container-config.nix | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/container-config.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/container-config.nix
index 561db7cabcfb..78c59d98a5eb 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/container-config.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/container-config.nix
@@ -22,12 +22,8 @@ with lib;
     # Not supported in systemd-nspawn containers.
     security.audit.enable = false;
 
-    # Make sure that root user in container will talk to host nix-daemon
-    environment.etc."profile".text = ''
-    export NIX_REMOTE=daemon
-    '';
-
-
+    # Use the host's nix-daemon.
+    environment.variables.NIX_REMOTE = "daemon";
 
   };