diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/bonsai.nix b/hosts/common/programs/bonsai.nix
index bf4f7b00..a2e97ff1 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/bonsai.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/bonsai.nix
@@ -121,10 +121,8 @@ in
       after = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
       wantedBy = [ "graphical-session.target" ];
 
-      script = ''
-        ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/rm -f $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bonsai
-        exec bonsaid -t ${cfg.config.configFile}
-      '';
+      serviceConfig.ExecStart = "bonsaid -t ${cfg.config.configFile}";
+      serviceConfig.ExecStopPost = "rm -f $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/bonsai";
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/ntfy-sh.nix b/hosts/common/programs/ntfy-sh.nix
index 08a9ac13..8d0eacb2 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/ntfy-sh.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/ntfy-sh.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # send a test notification with:
 # - `ntfy pub "https://ntfy.uninsane.org/$(cat ~/.config/ntfy-sh/topic)" test`
-{ config, lib, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
 let
   cfg = config.sane.programs.ntfy-sh;
 in
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ in
     services.ntfy-sub = {
       description = "listen for push-notifications";
       wantedBy = lib.mkIf cfg.config.autostart [ "default.target" ];
-      script = ''
-        topic=$(cat ~/.config/ntfy-sh/topic)
-        ntfy sub "https://ntfy.uninsane.org:2587/$topic"
-      '';
+      serviceConfig.ExecStart = let
+        sub = pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "ntfy-sub" ''
+          topic=$(cat ~/.config/ntfy-sh/topic)
+          exec ntfy sub "https://ntfy.uninsane.org:2587/$topic"
+        '';
+      in "${sub}/bin/ntfy-sub";
     };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/users/default.nix b/modules/users/default.nix
index fa8b2078..e18d4003 100644
--- a/modules/users/default.nix
+++ b/modules/users/default.nix
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ let
         type = types.listOf types.str;
         default = [];
       };
-      script = mkOption {
-        type = types.nullOr types.lines;
-        default = null;
-      };
 
       serviceConfig.ExecStart = mkOption {
         type = types.nullOr (types.coercedTo types.package toString types.str);