diff --git a/common.nix b/common.nix
index cf6f4ea2..b5d9f17f 100644
--- a/common.nix
+++ b/common.nix
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   nixpkgs.config.allowUnfree = true;
 
   # Home manager integration with NixOS
-  home-manager.useUserPackages = true;
+  home-manager.useUserPackages = false;
   home-manager.useGlobalPkgs = true;
 
   # Enable networking
diff --git a/templates/python39/shell.nix b/templates/python39/shell.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d7697f7..00000000
--- a/templates/python39/shell.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}, ...}:
-pkgs.mkShell {
-  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [python39 poetry git];
-  shellHook = ''
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib:${pkgs.zlib}/lib:${pkgs.python39}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-    export PROJECT_NAME=$(basename $(readlink -f .))
-    [ -e .venv/bin/python3 ] && VENV_FLAG="--upgrade" || VENV_FLAG="--clear"; python3 -m venv --prompt $PROJECT_NAME $VENV_FLAG .venv
-    [ -e .venv/bin/activate ] && source .venv/bin/activate
-  '';
-}