diff --git a/modules/persist/computed.nix b/modules/persist/computed.nix
index 1ba91413..908761b7 100644
--- a/modules/persist/computed.nix
+++ b/modules/persist/computed.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,8 @@
-{ config, lib, sane-lib, ... }:
+{ config, ... }:
 
 let
-  path = sane-lib.path;
   cfg = config.sane.persist;
-
-  withPrefix = relativeTo: entries: lib.mapAttrs' (fspath: value: {
-    name = path.concat [ relativeTo fspath ];
-    inherit value;
-  }) entries;
 in
 {
-  # merge the `byPath` mappings from both `home` and `sys` into one namespace
-  sane.persist.byPath = lib.mkMerge [
-    (withPrefix "/home/colin" cfg.home.byPath)
-    (withPrefix "/" cfg.sys.byPath)
-  ];
+  sane.persist.byPath = cfg.sys.byPath;
 }
diff --git a/modules/persist/default.nix b/modules/persist/default.nix
index 751bf476..804fbf9b 100644
--- a/modules/persist/default.nix
+++ b/modules/persist/default.nix
@@ -179,11 +179,6 @@ in
       type = types.bool;
       description = "define / fs root to be a tmpfs. make sure to mount some other device to /nix";
     };
-    sane.persist.home = mkOption {
-      description = "directories to persist to disk, relative to a user's home ~";
-      default = {};
-      type = dirsSubModule;
-    };
     sane.persist.sys = mkOption {
       description = "directories to persist to disk, relative to the fs root /";
       default = {};
diff --git a/modules/users.nix b/modules/users.nix
index 75ff37d9..1b7a9159 100644
--- a/modules/users.nix
+++ b/modules/users.nix
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ let
       };
 
       persist = mkOption {
-        type = options.sane.persist.home.type;
+        type = options.sane.persist.sys.type;
         default = {};
         description = ''
-          entries to pass onto `sane.persist.home`
+          entries to pass onto `sane.persist.sys` after prepending the user's home-dir to the path.
         '';
       };
     };
@@ -42,14 +42,20 @@ let
     # if we're the default user, inherit whatever settings were routed to the default user
     config = mkIf config.default sane-user-cfg;
   });
-  processUser = user: defn: {
-    sane.fs = mapAttrs' (path: value: {
-      # TODO: query the user's home dir!
-      name = path-lib.concat [ "/home/${user}" path ];
-      inherit value;
-    }) defn.fs;
-    sane.persist.home = defn.persist;
-  };
+  processUser = user: defn:
+    let
+      prefixWithHome = mapAttrs' (path: value: {
+        # TODO: query the user's home dir!
+        name = path-lib.concat [ "/home/${user}" path ];
+        inherit value;
+      });
+    in
+    {
+      sane.fs = prefixWithHome defn.fs;
+
+      # `byPath` is the actual output here, computed from the other keys.
+      sane.persist.sys.byPath = prefixWithHome defn.persist.byPath;
+    };
 in
 {
   options = {
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ in
       num-default-users = count (u: u.default) (attrValues cfg);
       take = f: {
         sane.fs = f.sane.fs;
-        sane.persist = f.sane.persist;
+        sane.persist.sys.byPath = f.sane.persist.sys.byPath;
       };
     in mkMerge [
       (take (sane-lib.mkTypedMerge take configs))