diff --git a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.lock b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.lock
index 013cc3f8..0e0ca3d9 100644
--- a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.lock
+++ b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.lock
@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1777525523,
         "narHash": "sha256-/LGaCcX6BgXRYpWnRp9CNgAgy7lmbQsubi4RwHJgnTI=",
-        "ref": "refs/heads/master",
+        "owner": "taffybar",
+        "repo": "taffybar",
         "rev": "23dbc827adca706b28df7404624ae3f5e800b04f",
-        "revCount": 2296,
-        "type": "git",
-        "url": "file:///home/imalison/dotfiles/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar"
+        "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
-        "type": "git",
-        "url": "file:///home/imalison/dotfiles/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar"
+        "owner": "taffybar",
+        "repo": "taffybar",
+        "type": "github"
       }
     },
     "weeder-nix": {
diff --git a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix
index 1790a28b..6c997f53 100644
--- a/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix
+++ b/dotfiles/config/taffybar/flake.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 {
   inputs = {
     taffybar = {
-      # Use the local git checkout, not a raw path snapshot, so gitignored
-      # build artifacts like dist-newstyle/.worktrees/.direnv don't get copied
-      # into flake-input store sources.
-      url = "git+file:///home/imalison/dotfiles/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar";
+      # Keep the default source usable in CI. Local iteration uses
+      # IMALISON_TAFFYBAR_LIVE_CHECKOUT below via `just switch-local-taffybar`.
+      url = "github:taffybar/taffybar";
       inputs.weeder-nix.inputs.pre-commit-hooks.inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
     # Follow the vendored taffybar flake's pins so the config shell and the
diff --git a/nixos/justfile b/nixos/justfile
index adc72fa3..561c3838 100644
--- a/nixos/justfile
+++ b/nixos/justfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ switch-local-taffybar *args:
 	fi'
 	sudo env IMALISON_TAFFYBAR_LIVE_CHECKOUT=/home/imalison/dotfiles/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar \
 	  nixos-rebuild switch --flake "git+https://github.com/colonelpanic8/dotfiles.git?ref=master&dir=nixos#" --impure --option warn-dirty false \
-	  --override-input taffybar git+file:///home/imalison/dotfiles/dotfiles/config/taffybar/taffybar \
+	  --override-input imalison-taffybar path:/home/imalison/dotfiles/dotfiles/config/taffybar \
 	  {{args}}
 
 remote-switch host *args:
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ remote-switch host *args:
 
 fix-local-path-issue:
 	# Kept for backwards-compat: update the lockfile inputs explicitly.
-	nix flake update taffybar imalison-taffybar
+	nix flake update imalison-taffybar