diff --git a/templates/new-clan/clan-flake-module.nix b/templates/new-clan/clan-flake-module.nix
index 456a8022..9c862852 100644
--- a/templates/new-clan/clan-flake-module.nix
+++ b/templates/new-clan/clan-flake-module.nix
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ let
 
 in
 {
-  imports =
-    let
-      relPaths = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./imports.json);
-      paths = map (path: ./. + path) relPaths;
-    in
-    paths;
   flake.nixosModules = machineModulesGenerated;
   # generate nixosConfigurations for all machines under self.nixosModules.machines-{machine_name}
   flake.nixosConfigurations =
diff --git a/templates/new-clan/imports.json b/templates/new-clan/imports.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fe51488c..00000000
--- a/templates/new-clan/imports.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[]