diff --git a/home/home.nix b/home/home.nix
index c34c6b71..d98bb343 100644
--- a/home/home.nix
+++ b/home/home.nix
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ let
     tree                 # display files in a tree view
     vlc                  # media player
     xsel                 # clipboard support (also for neovim)
-    zoom-us              # message client
 
     # haskell packages
     haskellPackages.nix-tree # visualize nix dependencies
diff --git a/lib/overlays.nix b/lib/overlays.nix
index f93d44e3..bc76e36d 100644
--- a/lib/overlays.nix
+++ b/lib/overlays.nix
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ let
   };
 
   buildersOverlay = f: p: {
-    mkHomeConfigurations = { pkgs ? f }:
-      import ../outputs/home-conf.nix { inherit inputs pkgs system; };
+    mkHomeConfigurations = { pkgs ? f, extraPkgs ? [ ] }:
+      import ../outputs/home-conf.nix { inherit extraPkgs inputs pkgs system; };
 
     mkNixosConfigurations = { pkgs ? f }:
       import ../outputs/nixos-conf.nix { inherit inputs pkgs system; };
diff --git a/outputs/home-conf.nix b/outputs/home-conf.nix
index d1050f70..4b0f031f 100644
--- a/outputs/home-conf.nix
+++ b/outputs/home-conf.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ inputs, system, pkgs, ... }:
+{ extraPkgs, inputs, system, pkgs, ... }:
 
 with inputs;
 
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ let
   imports = [
     neovim-flake.nixosModules.${system}.hm
     ../home/home.nix
+    ({ home.packages = extraPkgs; })
   ];
 
   mkHome = { hidpi }: (