diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index 6d4ac6b..c89c4e9 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 let
-  sources = import ./nix/sources.nix;
-  pkgs = import sources.nixpkgs {};
-  gitignore = import sources.gitignore {};
-  
+  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
+  gitignoreSrc = pkgs.fetchFromGitHub { 
+    owner = "hercules-ci";
+    repo = "gitignore";
+    rev = "c4662e662462e7bf3c2a968483478a665d00e717";
+    sha256 = "1npnx0h6bd0d7ql93ka7azhj40zgjp815fw2r6smg8ch9p7mzdlx";
+  };
+  inherit (import gitignoreSrc { inherit (pkgs) lib; }) gitignoreSource;
+    
   zig = pkgs.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation rec {
     name = "zig";
     version = "0.6.0+91a1c20e7";
@@ -23,7 +28,7 @@ in
   pkgs.stdenvNoCC.mkDerivation {
     name = "zls";
     version = "master";
-    src = gitignore.gitignoreSource ./.;
+    src = gitignoreSource ./.;
     nativeBuildInputs = [ zig ];
     dontConfigure = true;
     
diff --git a/nix/sources.json b/nix/sources.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3de8eb5..0000000
--- a/nix/sources.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "gitignore": {
-        "branch": "master",
-        "description": "Nix function for filtering local git sources",
-        "homepage": "",
-        "owner": "hercules-ci",
-        "repo": "gitignore",
-        "rev": "c4662e662462e7bf3c2a968483478a665d00e717",
-        "sha256": "1npnx0h6bd0d7ql93ka7azhj40zgjp815fw2r6smg8ch9p7mzdlx",
-        "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://github.com/hercules-ci/gitignore/archive/c4662e662462e7bf3c2a968483478a665d00e717.tar.gz",
-        "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
-    },
-    "niv": {
-        "branch": "master",
-        "description": "Easy dependency management for Nix projects",
-        "homepage": "https://github.com/nmattia/niv",
-        "owner": "nmattia",
-        "repo": "niv",
-        "rev": "9d35b9e4837ab88517210b1701127612c260eccf",
-        "sha256": "0q50xhnm8g2yfyakrh0nly4swyygxpi0a8cb9gp65wcakcgvzvdh",
-        "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://github.com/nmattia/niv/archive/9d35b9e4837ab88517210b1701127612c260eccf.tar.gz",
-        "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
-    },
-    "nixpkgs": {
-        "branch": "release-20.03",
-        "description": "Nix Packages collection",
-        "homepage": "",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "a26e92a67d884db696792d25dcc44c466a1bc8b4",
-        "sha256": "0w4sp4cgncr62vgzknny76whlansab94dq2lx27if77ir3zpfiia",
-        "type": "tarball",
-        "url": "https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/archive/a26e92a67d884db696792d25dcc44c466a1bc8b4.tar.gz",
-        "url_template": "https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>/archive/<rev>.tar.gz"
-    }
-}
diff --git a/nix/sources.nix b/nix/sources.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index b796fff..0000000
--- a/nix/sources.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
-# This file has been generated by Niv.
-
-let
-
-  #
-  # The fetchers. fetch_<type> fetches specs of type <type>.
-  #
-
-  fetch_file = pkgs: name: spec:
-    let
-      name' = sanitizeName name + "-src";
-    in
-      if spec.builtin or true then
-        builtins_fetchurl { inherit (spec) url sha256; name = name'; }
-      else
-        pkgs.fetchurl { inherit (spec) url sha256; name = name'; };
-
-  fetch_tarball = pkgs: name: spec:
-    let
-      name' = sanitizeName name + "-src";
-    in
-      if spec.builtin or true then
-        builtins_fetchTarball { name = name'; inherit (spec) url sha256; }
-      else
-        pkgs.fetchzip { name = name'; inherit (spec) url sha256; };
-
-  fetch_git = name: spec:
-    let
-      ref =
-        if spec ? ref then spec.ref else
-          if spec ? branch then "refs/heads/${spec.branch}" else
-            if spec ? tag then "refs/tags/${spec.tag}" else
-              abort "In git source '${name}': Please specify `ref`, `tag` or `branch`!";
-    in
-      builtins.fetchGit { url = spec.repo; inherit (spec) rev; inherit ref; };
-
-  fetch_local = spec: spec.path;
-
-  fetch_builtin-tarball = name: throw
-    ''[${name}] The niv type "builtin-tarball" is deprecated. You should instead use `builtin = true`.
-        $ niv modify ${name} -a type=tarball -a builtin=true'';
-
-  fetch_builtin-url = name: throw
-    ''[${name}] The niv type "builtin-url" will soon be deprecated. You should instead use `builtin = true`.
-        $ niv modify ${name} -a type=file -a builtin=true'';
-
-  #
-  # Various helpers
-  #
-
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/83241/files#diff-c6f540a4f3bfa4b0e8b6bafd4cd54e8bR695
-  sanitizeName = name:
-    (
-      concatMapStrings (s: if builtins.isList s then "-" else s)
-        (
-          builtins.split "[^[:alnum:]+._?=-]+"
-            ((x: builtins.elemAt (builtins.match "\\.*(.*)" x) 0) name)
-        )
-    );
-
-  # The set of packages used when specs are fetched using non-builtins.
-  mkPkgs = sources: system:
-    let
-      sourcesNixpkgs =
-        import (builtins_fetchTarball { inherit (sources.nixpkgs) url sha256; }) { inherit system; };
-      hasNixpkgsPath = builtins.any (x: x.prefix == "nixpkgs") builtins.nixPath;
-      hasThisAsNixpkgsPath = <nixpkgs> == ./.;
-    in
-      if builtins.hasAttr "nixpkgs" sources
-      then sourcesNixpkgs
-      else if hasNixpkgsPath && ! hasThisAsNixpkgsPath then
-        import <nixpkgs> {}
-      else
-        abort
-          ''
-            Please specify either <nixpkgs> (through -I or NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=...) or
-            add a package called "nixpkgs" to your sources.json.
-          '';
-
-  # The actual fetching function.
-  fetch = pkgs: name: spec:
-
-    if ! builtins.hasAttr "type" spec then
-      abort "ERROR: niv spec ${name} does not have a 'type' attribute"
-    else if spec.type == "file" then fetch_file pkgs name spec
-    else if spec.type == "tarball" then fetch_tarball pkgs name spec
-    else if spec.type == "git" then fetch_git name spec
-    else if spec.type == "local" then fetch_local spec
-    else if spec.type == "builtin-tarball" then fetch_builtin-tarball name
-    else if spec.type == "builtin-url" then fetch_builtin-url name
-    else
-      abort "ERROR: niv spec ${name} has unknown type ${builtins.toJSON spec.type}";
-
-  # If the environment variable NIV_OVERRIDE_${name} is set, then use
-  # the path directly as opposed to the fetched source.
-  replace = name: drv:
-    let
-      saneName = stringAsChars (c: if isNull (builtins.match "[a-zA-Z0-9]" c) then "_" else c) name;
-      ersatz = builtins.getEnv "NIV_OVERRIDE_${saneName}";
-    in
-      if ersatz == "" then drv else ersatz;
-
-  # Ports of functions for older nix versions
-
-  # a Nix version of mapAttrs if the built-in doesn't exist
-  mapAttrs = builtins.mapAttrs or (
-    f: set: with builtins;
-    listToAttrs (map (attr: { name = attr; value = f attr set.${attr}; }) (attrNames set))
-  );
-
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/0258808f5744ca980b9a1f24fe0b1e6f0fecee9c/lib/lists.nix#L295
-  range = first: last: if first > last then [] else builtins.genList (n: first + n) (last - first + 1);
-
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/0258808f5744ca980b9a1f24fe0b1e6f0fecee9c/lib/strings.nix#L257
-  stringToCharacters = s: map (p: builtins.substring p 1 s) (range 0 (builtins.stringLength s - 1));
-
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/0258808f5744ca980b9a1f24fe0b1e6f0fecee9c/lib/strings.nix#L269
-  stringAsChars = f: s: concatStrings (map f (stringToCharacters s));
-  concatMapStrings = f: list: concatStrings (map f list);
-  concatStrings = builtins.concatStringsSep "";
-
-  # https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/8a9f58a375c401b96da862d969f66429def1d118/lib/attrsets.nix#L331
-  optionalAttrs = cond: as: if cond then as else {};
-
-  # fetchTarball version that is compatible between all the versions of Nix
-  builtins_fetchTarball = { url, name ? null, sha256 }@attrs:
-    let
-      inherit (builtins) lessThan nixVersion fetchTarball;
-    in
-      if lessThan nixVersion "1.12" then
-        fetchTarball ({ inherit url; } // (optionalAttrs (!isNull name) { inherit name; }))
-      else
-        fetchTarball attrs;
-
-  # fetchurl version that is compatible between all the versions of Nix
-  builtins_fetchurl = { url, name ? null, sha256 }@attrs:
-    let
-      inherit (builtins) lessThan nixVersion fetchurl;
-    in
-      if lessThan nixVersion "1.12" then
-        fetchurl ({ inherit url; } // (optionalAttrs (!isNull name) { inherit name; }))
-      else
-        fetchurl attrs;
-
-  # Create the final "sources" from the config
-  mkSources = config:
-    mapAttrs (
-      name: spec:
-        if builtins.hasAttr "outPath" spec
-        then abort
-          "The values in sources.json should not have an 'outPath' attribute"
-        else
-          spec // { outPath = replace name (fetch config.pkgs name spec); }
-    ) config.sources;
-
-  # The "config" used by the fetchers
-  mkConfig =
-    { sourcesFile ? if builtins.pathExists ./sources.json then ./sources.json else null
-    , sources ? if isNull sourcesFile then {} else builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile sourcesFile)
-    , system ? builtins.currentSystem
-    , pkgs ? mkPkgs sources system
-    }: rec {
-      # The sources, i.e. the attribute set of spec name to spec
-      inherit sources;
-
-      # The "pkgs" (evaluated nixpkgs) to use for e.g. non-builtin fetchers
-      inherit pkgs;
-    };
-
-in
-mkSources (mkConfig {}) // { __functor = _: settings: mkSources (mkConfig settings); }