diff --git a/m/common/main.nix b/m/common/main.nix
index a5bba65..ec3775e 100644
--- a/m/common/main.nix
+++ b/m/common/main.nix
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@
     ./slurm.nix
     ./ssh.nix
     ./users.nix
-
-    ../../pkgs/mpi.nix
   ];
 
-  nixpkgs.overlays = [ bscpkgs.bscOverlay ];
+  nixpkgs.overlays = [
+    bscpkgs.bscOverlay
+    (import ../../pkgs/mpi.nix)
+  ];
 
   nix.nixPath = [
     "nixpkgs=${nixpkgs}"
diff --git a/pkgs/mpi.nix b/pkgs/mpi.nix
index b0e30d7..adfde9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/mpi.nix
+++ b/pkgs/mpi.nix
@@ -1,31 +1,25 @@
-let
-  overlay = final: prev:
-  {
-    bsc = prev.bsc.extend (bsc: {
-      mpi2 = bsc.mpich;
-      mpich = with final; prev.mpich.overrideAttrs (old: {
-        buildInput = old.buildInputs ++ [
-          libfabric
-          pmix
-        ];
-        configureFlags = [
-          "--enable-shared"
-          "--enable-sharedlib"
-          "--with-pm=no"
-          "--with-device=ch4:ofi"
-          "--with-pmi=pmix"
-          "--with-pmix=${final.pmix}"
-          "--with-libfabric=${final.libfabric}"
-          "--enable-g=log"
-        ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast gfortran.version "10") [
-          "FFLAGS=-fallow-argument-mismatch" # https://github.com/pmodels/mpich/issues/4300
-          "FCFLAGS=-fallow-argument-mismatch"
-        ];
-      });
-    };
-  };
-in
-
+final: prev:
 {
-  nixpkgs.overlays = [ overlay ];
+  bsc = prev.bsc.extend (bsc: {
+    mpi2 = bsc.mpich;
+    mpich = with final; prev.mpich.overrideAttrs (old: {
+      buildInput = old.buildInputs ++ [
+        libfabric
+        pmix
+      ];
+      configureFlags = [
+        "--enable-shared"
+        "--enable-sharedlib"
+        "--with-pm=no"
+        "--with-device=ch4:ofi"
+        "--with-pmi=pmix"
+        "--with-pmix=${final.pmix}"
+        "--with-libfabric=${final.libfabric}"
+        "--enable-g=log"
+      ] ++ lib.optionals (lib.versionAtLeast gfortran.version "10") [
+        "FFLAGS=-fallow-argument-mismatch" # https://github.com/pmodels/mpich/issues/4300
+        "FCFLAGS=-fallow-argument-mismatch"
+      ];
+    });
+  });
 }