diff --git a/home-manager/home-manager b/home-manager/home-manager
index c9186a6ec8e6..e64bb884d46f 100644
--- a/home-manager/home-manager
+++ b/home-manager/home-manager
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ function setFlakeAttribute() {
         fi
 
         if [[ -v configFlake ]]; then
-            FLAKE_ARG="path:$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$configFlake")")"
+            FLAKE_ARG="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$configFlake")")"
         fi
     fi