diff --git a/modules/files.nix b/modules/files.nix
index 8489fe265..f2e380ea3 100644
--- a/modules/files.nix
+++ b/modules/files.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, config, lib, ... }:
+{ pkgs, activationPkgs, config, lib, ... }:
 
 with lib;
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ in
             (mapAttrsToList (n: v: v.target)
             (filterAttrs (n: v: v.force) cfg));
 
-        check = config.home.activationPackageSet.writeText "check" ''
+        check = activationPkgs.writeText "check" ''
           ${config.lib.bash.initHomeManagerLib}
 
           # A symbolic link whose target path matches this pattern will be
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ in
     # source and target generation.
     home.activation.linkGeneration = hm.dag.entryAfter ["writeBoundary"] (
       let
-        link = config.home.activationPackageSet.writeShellScript "link" ''
+        link = activationPkgs.writeShellScript "link" ''
           ${config.lib.bash.initHomeManagerLib}
 
           newGenFiles="$1"
diff --git a/modules/home-environment.nix b/modules/home-environment.nix
index 6f704b33e..687ba933b 100644
--- a/modules/home-environment.nix
+++ b/modules/home-environment.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, activationPkgs, ... }:
 
 with lib;
 
@@ -425,11 +425,6 @@ in
       description = "The package containing the complete activation script.";
     };
 
-    home.activationPackageSet = mkOption {
-      type = with types; lazyAttrsOf anything;
-      description = "The package set to be used to in the complete activation script.";
-    };
-
     home.extraActivationPath = mkOption {
       internal = true;
       type = types.listOf types.package;
@@ -654,7 +649,6 @@ in
           source ${../lib/bash/home-manager.sh}
         '';
 
-    home.activationPackageSet = lib.mkDefault pkgs;
     home.activationPackage =
       let
         mkCmd = res: ''
@@ -672,7 +666,7 @@ in
         # Programs that always should be available on the activation
         # script's PATH.
         activationBinPaths = lib.makeBinPath (
-          with cfg.activationPackageSet; [
+          with activationPkgs; [
             bash
             coreutils
             diffutils           # For `cmp` and `diff`.
@@ -691,11 +685,11 @@ in
           if config.nix.enable && config.nix.package != null then
             ":${config.nix.package}/bin"
           else
-            ":$(${cfg.activationPackageSet.coreutils}/bin/dirname $(${cfg.activationPackageSet.coreutils}/bin/readlink -m $(type -p nix-env)))"
+            ":$(${activationPkgs.coreutils}/bin/dirname $(${activationPkgs.coreutils}/bin/readlink -m $(type -p nix-env)))"
         )
         + optionalString (!cfg.emptyActivationPath) "\${PATH:+:}$PATH";
 
-        activationScript = cfg.activationPackageSet.writeShellScript "activation-script" ''
+        activationScript = activationPkgs.writeShellScript "activation-script" ''
           set -eu
           set -o pipefail
 
diff --git a/modules/misc/dconf.nix b/modules/misc/dconf.nix
index 9e86d2fa9..923c60c57 100644
--- a/modules/misc/dconf.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/dconf.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, activationPkgs, ... }:
 
 with lib;
 
@@ -85,43 +85,39 @@ in {
     '';
 
     home.activation.dconfSettings = hm.dag.entryAfter [ "installPackages" ] (let
-      iniFile = config.home.activationPackageSet.writeText "hm-dconf.ini"
-        (toDconfIni cfg.settings);
+      iniFile =
+        activationPkgs.writeText "hm-dconf.ini" (toDconfIni cfg.settings);
 
       statePath = "state/${stateDconfKeys.name}";
 
-      cleanup =
-        config.home.activationPackageSet.writeShellScript "dconf-cleanup" ''
-          set -euo pipefail
+      cleanup = activationPkgs.writeShellScript "dconf-cleanup" ''
+        set -euo pipefail
 
-          ${config.lib.bash.initHomeManagerLib}
+        ${config.lib.bash.initHomeManagerLib}
 
-          PATH=${
-            makeBinPath [
-              config.home.activationPackageSet.dconf
-              config.home.activationPackageSet.jq
-            ]
-          }''${PATH:+:}$PATH
+        PATH=${
+          makeBinPath [ activationPkgs.dconf activationPkgs.jq ]
+        }''${PATH:+:}$PATH
 
-          oldState="$1"
-          newState="$2"
+        oldState="$1"
+        newState="$2"
 
-          # Can't do cleanup if we don't know the old state.
-          if [[ ! -f $oldState ]]; then
-            exit 0
-          fi
+        # Can't do cleanup if we don't know the old state.
+        if [[ ! -f $oldState ]]; then
+          exit 0
+        fi
 
-          # Reset all keys that are present in the old generation but not the new
-          # one.
-          jq -r -n \
-              --slurpfile old "$oldState" \
-              --slurpfile new "$newState" \
-              '($old[] - $new[])[]' \
-            | while read -r key; do
-                verboseEcho "Resetting dconf key \"$key\""
-                run $DCONF_DBUS_RUN_SESSION dconf reset "$key"
-              done
-        '';
+        # Reset all keys that are present in the old generation but not the new
+        # one.
+        jq -r -n \
+            --slurpfile old "$oldState" \
+            --slurpfile new "$newState" \
+            '($old[] - $new[])[]' \
+          | while read -r key; do
+              verboseEcho "Resetting dconf key \"$key\""
+              run $DCONF_DBUS_RUN_SESSION dconf reset "$key"
+            done
+      '';
     in ''
       if [[ -v DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS ]]; then
         export DCONF_DBUS_RUN_SESSION=""
diff --git a/modules/misc/xfconf.nix b/modules/misc/xfconf.nix
index 9210eda4a..08dc09280 100644
--- a/modules/misc/xfconf.nix
+++ b/modules/misc/xfconf.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, activationPkgs, ... }:
 
 with lib;
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ in {
     home.activation.xfconfSettings = hm.dag.entryAfter [ "installPackages" ]
       (let
         mkCommand = channel: property: value: ''
-          run ${cfg.activationPackageSet.xfce.xfconf}/bin/xfconf-query \
+          run ${activationPkgs.xfce.xfconf}/bin/xfconf-query \
             ${
               escapeShellArgs ([ "-c" channel "-p" "/${property}" ]
                 ++ (if value == null then
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ in {
           (channel: properties: mapAttrsToList (mkCommand channel) properties)
           cfg.settings;
 
-        load = cfg.activationPackageSet.writeShellScript "load-xfconf"
+        load = activationPkgs.writeShellScript "load-xfconf"
           (concatMapStrings concatStrings commands);
       in ''
         if [[ -v DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS ]]; then
           export DBUS_RUN_SESSION_CMD=""
         else
-          export DBUS_RUN_SESSION_CMD="${cfg.activationPackageSet.dbus}/bin/dbus-run-session --dbus-daemon=${pkgs.dbus}/bin/dbus-daemon"
+          export DBUS_RUN_SESSION_CMD="${activationPkgs.dbus}/bin/dbus-run-session --dbus-daemon=${pkgs.dbus}/bin/dbus-daemon"
         fi
 
         run $DBUS_RUN_SESSION_CMD ${load}
diff --git a/modules/modules.nix b/modules/modules.nix
index d557dc1b3..86896dc45 100644
--- a/modules/modules.nix
+++ b/modules/modules.nix
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ let
         else
           <nixpkgs>);
       _module.args.pkgs = lib.mkDefault pkgs;
+      _module.args.activationPkgs = lib.mkDefault pkgs;
       _module.check = check;
       lib = lib.hm;
     } // optionalAttrs useNixpkgsModule {
diff --git a/modules/systemd.nix b/modules/systemd.nix
index 0fa75c807..c47d7b324 100644
--- a/modules/systemd.nix
+++ b/modules/systemd.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+{ config, lib, pkgs, activationPkgs, ... }:
 
 let
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ in {
         '';
         legacy = ''
           PATH=${dirOf cfg.systemctlPath}:$PATH \
-          ${cfg.activationPackageSet.ruby}/bin/ruby ${./systemd-activate.rb} \
+          ${activationPkgs.ruby}/bin/ruby ${./systemd-activate.rb} \
             "''${oldGenPath=}" "$newGenPath" "${servicesStartTimeoutMs}"
         '';
         sd-switch = let