diff --git a/docs/manual/nix-flakes/nix-darwin.md b/docs/manual/nix-flakes/nix-darwin.md
index 133d91793..e4cbf43d7 100644
--- a/docs/manual/nix-flakes/nix-darwin.md
+++ b/docs/manual/nix-flakes/nix-darwin.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ to that of NixOS. The `flake.nix` would be:
           {
             home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
             home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
-            home-manager.users.jdoe = import ./home.nix;
+            home-manager.users.jdoe = ./home.nix;
 
             # Optionally, use home-manager.extraSpecialArgs to pass
             # arguments to home.nix
diff --git a/docs/manual/nix-flakes/nixos.md b/docs/manual/nix-flakes/nixos.md
index 71a3e33c7..1e7f21e34 100644
--- a/docs/manual/nix-flakes/nixos.md
+++ b/docs/manual/nix-flakes/nixos.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ be as follows:
           {
             home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
             home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
-            home-manager.users.jdoe = import ./home.nix;
+            home-manager.users.jdoe = ./home.nix;
 
             # Optionally, use home-manager.extraSpecialArgs to pass
             # arguments to home.nix
diff --git a/templates/nix-darwin/flake.nix b/templates/nix-darwin/flake.nix
index ff73efd8f..5fbbc655f 100644
--- a/templates/nix-darwin/flake.nix
+++ b/templates/nix-darwin/flake.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
           {
             home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
             home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
-            home-manager.users.jdoe = import ./home.nix;
+            home-manager.users.jdoe = ./home.nix;
 
             # Optionally, use home-manager.extraSpecialArgs to pass
             # arguments to home.nix
diff --git a/templates/nixos/flake.nix b/templates/nixos/flake.nix
index fd4d0cd47..845f04834 100644
--- a/templates/nixos/flake.nix
+++ b/templates/nixos/flake.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
           {
             home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
             home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
-            home-manager.users.jdoe = import ./home.nix;
+            home-manager.users.jdoe = ./home.nix;
 
             # Optionally, use home-manager.extraSpecialArgs to pass
             # arguments to home.nix