diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 6466507b7..000000000
--- a/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-(import (
-  let
-    lock = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./flake.lock);
-  in
-  fetchTarball {
-    url = "https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/${lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.rev}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.narHash;
-  }
-) { src = ./.; }).defaultNix
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 03c25204e..8fe6a031f 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 
   inputs.nixpkgs-regression.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/215d4d0fd80ca5163643b03a33fde804a29cc1e2";
   inputs.nixpkgs-23-11.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/a62e6edd6d5e1fa0329b8653c801147986f8d446";
-  inputs.flake-compat = {
-    url = "github:edolstra/flake-compat";
-    flake = false;
-  };
 
   # dev tooling
   inputs.flake-parts.url = "github:hercules-ci/flake-parts";
@@ -18,7 +14,6 @@
   inputs.git-hooks-nix.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
   inputs.git-hooks-nix.inputs.nixpkgs-stable.follows = "nixpkgs";
   # work around 7730 and https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/7807
-  inputs.git-hooks-nix.inputs.flake-compat.follows = "";
   inputs.git-hooks-nix.inputs.gitignore.follows = "";
 
   outputs =
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 918f4bbd9..000000000
--- a/shell.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-(import (fetchTarball "https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/master.tar.gz") {
-  src = ./.;
-}).shellNix