diff --git a/flakeModules/clan.nix b/flakeModules/clan.nix
index dec466aa..b1a1247a 100644
--- a/flakeModules/clan.nix
+++ b/flakeModules/clan.nix
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ in
       type = lib.types.submodule {
         options = {
           inventory = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.unspecified; };
+          inventoryFile = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.unspecified; };
+
           meta = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.unspecified; };
           all-machines-json = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.unspecified; };
           machines = lib.mkOption { type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.unspecified); };
diff --git a/lib/build-clan/default.nix b/lib/build-clan/default.nix
index 9328b460..8861c3f8 100644
--- a/lib/build-clan/default.nix
+++ b/lib/build-clan/default.nix
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ builtins.deepSeq deprecationWarnings {
     meta = mergedInventory.meta;
     inventory = mergedInventory;
 
-    invFile = "${directory}/inventory.json";
+    inventoryFile = "${directory}/inventory.json";
 
     # machine specifics
     machines = configsPerSystem;
diff --git a/templates/flake-module.nix b/templates/flake-module.nix
index aa1eaf39..e1c9f774 100644
--- a/templates/flake-module.nix
+++ b/templates/flake-module.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ self, inputs, ... }:
+{ self, ... }:
 {
   flake.templates = {
     new-clan = {
@@ -15,25 +15,4 @@
       path = ./minimal;
     };
   };
-  flake.checks.x86_64-linux.template-minimal =
-    let
-      path = self.templates.minimal.path;
-      initialized = inputs.nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.runCommand "minimal-clan-flake" { } ''
-        mkdir $out
-        cp -r ${path}/* $out
-        mkdir -p $out/machines/foo
-        echo '{ "nixpkgs": { "hostPlatform": "x86_64-linux" } }' > $out/machines/foo/settings.json
-      '';
-      evaled = (import "${initialized}/flake.nix").outputs {
-        self = evaled // {
-          outPath = initialized;
-        };
-        clan-core = self;
-      };
-    in
-    {
-      type = "derivation";
-      name = "minimal-clan-flake-check";
-      inherit (evaled.nixosConfigurations.foo.config.system.build.vm) drvPath outPath;
-    };
 }