diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ly/ly/deps.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ly/ly/deps.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 1275aae3fc8b..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ly/ly/deps.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,156 +0,0 @@
-# generated by zon2nix (https://github.com/jcollie/zon2nix)
-{
-  lib,
-  linkFarm,
-  fetchzip,
-  fetchurl,
-  fetchgit,
-  runCommandLocal,
-  zig_0_15,
-  zstd,
-  name ? "zig-packages",
-}:
-let
-  unpackZigArtifact =
-    {
-      name,
-      artifact,
-    }:
-    runCommandLocal name
-      {
-        nativeBuildInputs = [ zig_0_15 ];
-      }
-      ''
-        hash="$(cd "$TMPDIR" && zig fetch --global-cache-dir "$TMPDIR" ${artifact})"
-        mv "$TMPDIR/p/$hash" "$out"
-        chmod 755 "$out"
-      '';
-
-  fetchZig =
-    {
-      name,
-      url,
-      hash,
-      unpack,
-    }:
-    let
-      artifact =
-        if unpack then
-          fetchzip {
-            inherit url hash;
-            nativeBuildInputs = [ zstd ];
-          }
-        else
-          fetchurl { inherit url hash; };
-    in
-    unpackZigArtifact { inherit name artifact; };
-
-  fetchGitZig =
-    {
-      name,
-      url,
-      hash,
-    }:
-    let
-      parts = lib.splitString "#" url;
-      url_base = builtins.elemAt parts 0;
-      url_without_query = builtins.elemAt (lib.splitString "?" url_base) 0;
-      rev_base = builtins.elemAt parts 1;
-      rev =
-        if builtins.match "^[a-fA-F0-9]{40}$" rev_base != null then rev_base else "refs/heads/${rev_base}";
-    in
-    fetchgit {
-      inherit name rev hash;
-      url = url_without_query;
-      deepClone = false;
-      fetchSubmodules = false;
-    };
-
-  fetchZigArtifact =
-    {
-      name,
-      url,
-      hash,
-      unpack,
-    }:
-    let
-      parts = lib.splitString "://" url;
-      proto = builtins.elemAt parts 0;
-      path = builtins.elemAt parts 1;
-      fetcher = {
-        "git+http" = fetchGitZig {
-          inherit name hash;
-          url = "http://${path}";
-        };
-        "git+https" = fetchGitZig {
-          inherit name hash;
-          url = "https://${path}";
-        };
-        http = fetchZig {
-          inherit name hash unpack;
-          url = "http://${path}";
-        };
-        https = fetchZig {
-          inherit name hash unpack;
-          url = "https://${path}";
-        };
-      };
-    in
-    fetcher.${proto};
-in
-linkFarm name [
-  {
-    name = "aro-0.0.0-JSD1Qi7QNgDnfcrdEJf82v3o6MhZySjYVrtdfEf3E4Se";
-    path = fetchZigArtifact {
-      name = "aro";
-      url = "git+https://github.com/Vexu/arocc#5f5a050569a95ecc40a426f0c3666ae7ef987ede";
-      hash = "sha256-f8Z0SXWx5Uia2TCMB5SUpcO8+xUnaWk32Oknva7xcxw=";
-      unpack = true;
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    name = "clap-0.11.0-oBajB7foAQC3Iyn4IVCkUdYaOVVng5IZkSncySTjNig1";
-    path = fetchZigArtifact {
-      name = "clap";
-      url = "git+https://github.com/Hejsil/zig-clap#fc1e5cc3f6d9d3001112385ee6256d694e959d2f";
-      hash = "sha256-sIDCZW4q9BQwy4AJjJ6r+mSkJ3usbnMmY9zkE4EVAy8=";
-      unpack = true;
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    name = "ini-0.1.0-YCQ9YiwsAACghqF8LZyjAF2H_NnL6n29QLuCe0fsmPTo";
-    path = fetchZigArtifact {
-      name = "ini";
-      url = "git+https://github.com/AshAmetrine/ziglibs-ini?ref=zig-0.16.0#3b733e10adc6c4c48050709b97a22258bc2e6156";
-      hash = "sha256-t+6zFMwpPgMrUygBcQCM0s10zK320D46xAgr2FSw3tU=";
-      unpack = true;
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    name = "N-V-__8AAAUXBQD6Fwpi9m0MBqWXFFaqW5l1lVrJC2Ynj7a-";
-    path = fetchZigArtifact {
-      name = "termbox2";
-      url = "git+https://github.com/AnErrupTion/termbox2?ref=master#c7f241e8888ce243e1748b05c26a42fcfaaad936";
-      hash = "sha256-7lA75r4sbKDHknZKK9jSbN/RNmTj56HQOvyYdazIEbA=";
-      unpack = true;
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    name = "translate_c-0.0.0-Q_BUWvP1BgCjAk6PWv5286tOlvzD9-X-NkuTzh0KxY0Q";
-    path = fetchZigArtifact {
-      name = "translate_c";
-      url = "git+https://codeberg.org/ziglang/translate-c#7a1a9fdc4ab00835748a6657ecbb835e3d5d45f7";
-      hash = "sha256-zdZ/it+/yNGfszHLqpXpi20Gkwm8fduMMs1/l9oaje8=";
-      unpack = true;
-    };
-  }
-  {
-    name = "zigini-0.5.0-BSkB7e9WAACfyCBABNZiWL3gFMw18GKn3qBcPs8L1Ec1";
-    path = fetchZigArtifact {
-      name = "zigini";
-      url = "git+https://github.com/AshAmetrine/zigini?ref=master#a665d081dda42664a96da2840ea09c5ccf9d0692";
-      hash = "sha256-8zwniFOQFTrFNOrfudhtoCXQBTBKSmc3XF1bNSb3Av8=";
-      unpack = true;
-    };
-  }
-]
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ly/ly/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ly/ly/package.nix
index 7706e84b16ed..2bdb8742db27 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ly/ly/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ly/ly/package.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 {
-  callPackage,
   fetchFromCodeberg,
   lib,
   libxcb,
@@ -10,8 +9,8 @@
   versionCheckHook,
   x11Support ? true,
   zig_0_16,
+  nix-update-script,
 }:
-
 let
   zig = zig_0_16;
 in
@@ -36,11 +35,17 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   ]
   ++ lib.optionals x11Support [ libxcb ];
 
-  zigBuildFlags = [
-    "--system"
-    "${callPackage ./deps.nix { }}"
-    "-Denable_x11_support=${lib.boolToString x11Support}"
-  ];
+  zigDeps = zig.fetchDeps {
+    inherit (finalAttrs) src pname version;
+    fetchAll = true;
+    hash = "sha256-ZTGQhsDTpWfG4giM0WsfCjlDVr4htC6WWBpSGyKZUr0=";
+  };
+
+  postConfigure = ''
+    ln -s ${finalAttrs.zigDeps} "$ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR/p"
+  '';
+
+  zigBuildFlags = [ "-Denable_x11_support=${lib.boolToString x11Support}" ];
 
   postInstall = ''
     install -Dm0644 res/config.ini "$out/etc/config.ini"
@@ -50,7 +55,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   doInstallCheck = true;
   nativeInstallCheckInputs = [ versionCheckHook ];
 
-  passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) ly; };
+  passthru = {
+    tests = { inherit (nixosTests) ly; };
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
 
   meta = {
     description = "TUI display manager";