diff --git a/modules/system/backups.nix b/modules/system/backups.nix
index d05959d..b414e4d 100644
--- a/modules/system/backups.nix
+++ b/modules/system/backups.nix
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ in
                   "$BORG_REPO::$archive" \
                   ${lib.concatStringsSep " " bak_paths.paths}
           else
-          # flatten all paths from cfg.baks into one big list
-            all_paths="${
-              lib.concatStringsSep " "
-              (lib.flatten
-                (lib.mapAttrsToList (_: bak: bak.paths) cfg.baks))
-            }"
+          ## flatten all paths from cfg.baks into one big list
+          #  all_paths="${
+          #    lib.concatStringsSep " "
+          #    (lib.flatten
+          #      (lib.mapAttrsToList (_: bak: bak.paths) cfg.baks))
+          #  }"
               archive="$timestamp-${toString config.networking.hostName}"
               borg create \
                 --verbose \